Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet (29 July 1641 - 18 November 1706) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 from 1661 to 1681.

Thomas was created Baronet

Thomas Baronets

There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomas, three in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

 of Folkington in the County of Sussex, created in the Baronetage of England on 23 July 1660. He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Seaford

Seaford (UK Parliament constituency)

The UK parliamentary constituency of Seaford was a Cinque Port constituency, similar to a parliamentary borough, in Seaford, East Sussex. A rotten borough, prone by size to undue influence by a patron, it was disenfranchised in the Reform Act of 1832...

 from 1661 to 1681. and for Sussex

Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

Sussex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

 in 1681.

Thomas married Barbara Springet, daughter of Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet

Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet

Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1662....

MP for New Shoreham and Sussex.
The title became extinct on his death aged 65 in 1706.