Thomas Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  in 1659 and 1660.

Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford

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 on 25 January 1639, aged 16. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple

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 in 1649.

In 1659, Fitzjames was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Downton

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

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. He was then of Nurfland. In April 1660 he was re-elected MP for Downton in the Convention Parliament but as there was a double return, his election was declared void on 9 May.

Fitzjames was the brother of Henry Fitzjames

Henry Fitzjames

Henry Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 .Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 4 March 1642, aged 15...

 and John Fitzjames

John Fitzjames (MP)

Sir John Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1670.Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset...

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