Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet (1612 – 25 March 1683) was the son of Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst

Elmhurst, Staffordshire

Elmhurst is a small village and civil parish within Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is located approximately 1.5 miles north of Lichfield. The village is rural in nature consisting of a few farms and a small amount of private houses...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

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He was a London Silkman who was knighted in 1660 and created a Baronet in the Baronetage of England on 2 November 1664. His residence was Westcombe

Westcombe Park

This article is about the London district. See Westcombe Park rugby club for details of the rugby club - now based in Orpington.Westcombe Park is a largely residential area in Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich, south-east London, England....

 Manor, Greenwich

Greenwich

Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...

, Kent

Kent

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He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for London

City of London (elections to the Parliament of England)

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 1656–1659 and for Lichfield

Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

 1661–1679.

He is mentioned in the diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

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 for 1664/5.

He was buried at Lichfield and was succeeded by his son Michael

Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet

Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.The son of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet and Susanna Highlord, Michael Biddulph was educated at St Paul's School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1683. Biddulph was Member of Parliament ...

. His brother Michael

Michael Biddulph (died 1666)

Michael Biddulph was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Biddulph was the son of Michael Biddulph of Market Street Lichfield, and his wife Elizabeth Skeffington, daughter of Sir William Skeffington, 1st Baronet of Fisherwick and was baptised on 6 November 1610...

was also MP for Lichfield.