Sir Thomas Strickland, 2nd Baronet (c 1639 – 20 November 1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  in 1659.

Strickland was son of Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet

Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet

Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament who supported the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War....

 of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire

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, and his second wife Frances Finch, daughter of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

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. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Beverley

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 and for Hedon

Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

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 and chose to sit for Beverley. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1673.

Strickland married Elizabeth Pile, daughter of Sir Francis Pile, 2nd Baronet of Compton Beauchamp

Compton Beauchamp

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, Berkshire, on 19 November 1659. They had ten children:

• Jane Strickland (died 1662)
• Elizabeth Strickland (died 1664)
• Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet
  Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet
  Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet of Boynton, Yorkshire was an English landowner and racehorse owner who also served for many years as a Member of Parliament ....
  
   (1665–1724)
• Walter Strickland (1667–1730)
• Frances Strickland, who married Sir Richard Osbaldeston in 1679
• Thomas Strickland (born 1669, died young)
• Anne Strickland, who married John Smith
  John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
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  , MP, Speaker of the House of Commons
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   and Chancellor of the Exchequer
  Chancellor of the Exchequer
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• Admiral Sir Charles Strickland (1672–1724)
• Nathaniel Strickland
• Frances Strickland