Sir Thomas Myddelton was the fourth son of Richard Myddelton

Richard Myddelton

Richard Myddleton was a politician in Wales. He was Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and the Member of Parliament for Denbigh Boroughs in 1601.-References:...

, Governor of Denbigh

Denbigh

Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...

, and Jane Dryhurst.

As a youth, he was apprenticed to a grocer

Grocer

A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, pepper, sugar, and cocoa, tea and coffee...

 in London

London

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, and made his fortune in trade. He divided his time between London and Wales, and purchased Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle is a castle located at Chirk, Wrexham, Wales.The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of King Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley...

 in 1595 for £5,000.
He was a member of the Grocers' Company, a member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 and a founder member of the East India Company

British East India Company

The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...

, Sheriff of London in 1604 and Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

 in 1613. His brother, Sir Hugh Myddleton

Hugh Myddleton

Sir Hugh Myddelton , 1st Baronet was a Welsh goldsmith, clothmaker, banker, entrepreneur, mine-owner and self-taught engineer...

, was instrumental in the creation of the New River

New River (England)

The New River is an artificial waterway in England, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water taken from the River Lea and from Amwell Springs , and other springs and wells along its course....

 which supplied London with fresh water from 1613.

He was the father of Thomas Myddelton

Thomas Myddelton (younger)

Sir Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle was a Welsh politician and Parliamentary general.-Early life:He was the son of Sir Thomas Myddelton. He matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford, on 22 February 1605, and became a student of Gray's Inn in 1607. he was knighted on 10 February 1617, and was M.P...

 of Chirk Castle. His younger son, Timothy, inherited his estates in Essex.

Along with Rowland Heylyn

Rowland Heylyn

Rowland Heylyn was a successful London merchant, sheriff of London in 1624-5 and publisher of a Welsh bible in 1630.-Life:...

, Myddelton financed the publication of a Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

Bible suitable for everyday use.