Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet
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Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet (28 November 1586 – February 1650) was an English politician.
Baptised on 4 December 1586 in Mundham in Sussex, he was the son of Thomas Bowyer and Jane Birch. Bowyer was Member of Parliament (MP) for Midhurst in 1614 and for Bramber from 1621 to 1642. He was Sheriff of Surrey and of Sussex between 1626 and 1627. On 23 July 1627, he was created a Baronet, of Leighthorne in the County of Sussex. Bowyer was buried in Mundham on 28 February 1650.
Around 1660, he married firstly Anne Stoughton, daughter of Adrian Stoughton and around 1634 secondly Jane Cranley, daughter of Emery Cranley. He has married a third time around 1642. He had a son, Thomas Boywer by his second wife, a son James Bowyer by his third wife as well as twelve other children.
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- thePeerage. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
| Baronetage of England | ||
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| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baronet (of Leighthorne) 1627 |
Succeeded by Thomas Boywer |
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