Thomas Hussey (Grantham MP)
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Thomas Hussey was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1640.
Hussey was the son of Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet
and his wife Elizabeth Auton, daughter of George Auton.
In November 1640, Hussey was elected Member of Parliament
for Grantham
in the Long Parliament
. However he died early in the following year.
Hussey married Rhoda Chapman, daughter of Thomas Chapman, of London, . His son Sir Thomas Hussey, 2nd Baronet inherited the baronetcy His son William
was an ambassador under WIlliam III.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1640.
Hussey was the son of Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
and his wife Elizabeth Auton, daughter of George Auton.
In November 1640, Hussey was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Grantham
Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain...
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
. However he died early in the following year.
Hussey married Rhoda Chapman, daughter of Thomas Chapman, of London, . His son Sir Thomas Hussey, 2nd Baronet inherited the baronetcy His son William
William Hussey (English diplomat)
Sir William Hussey was English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Hussey was the son of Thomas Hussey and his wife Rhoda Chapman, daughter of Thomas Chapman, of London...
was an ambassador under WIlliam III.