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

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 from 1656 to 1659.

Mackworth was the son of Humphrey Mackworth

Humphrey Mackworth (Parliamentarian)

Humphrey Mackworth was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....

 of Betton Grange. He matriculated from St Catherine's College, Cambridge at Michaelmas 1642, He was admitted at Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

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 on 6 February 1645 and was awarded BA at Cambridge in 1646.

In 1656, Mackworth was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Shropshire

Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 for the Second Protectorate Parliament

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. He was re-elected MP for Shropshire in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament

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Mackworth married Anne Bulkeley, daughter of Richard Bulkeley of Shropshire. He was the father of Humphrey Mackworth

Humphrey Mackworth

Sir Humphrey Mackworth was a British industrialist and politician. He was involved in a business scandal in the early 18th century and was a founding member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.-Early history:...

MP and industrialist.