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

House of Commons of England

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  at various times between 1625 and 1641.

Wise was the son of Sir Thomas Wise

Thomas Wise

Sir Thomas Wise KB was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1621 and 1622.Wise was the son of Thomas Wise of Sydenham, Devon and his wife Mary Buller, daughter of Richard Buller of "Shillingham," Cornwall. He was created a knight of the Bath at the coronation...

 and his wife Margaret Stafford, daughter of Robert Stafford of Stowford, Devon. His father had been an MP and had built houses at Mount Wise at Stoke Damerel and at Sydenham. Wise was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Callington

Callington (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1625 for the Useless Parliament

Useless Parliament

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. He was then elected MP for Bere Alston

Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the parliaments of King Charles of 1625, 1626 and 1628 to 1629. Wise inherited the family estates on the death of his fathe in 1629. He was High Sheriff of Devon

High Sheriff of Devon

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 in 1638.

In April 1640, Wise was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Devon

Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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 for the Short Parliament

Short Parliament

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. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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 but died in 1641 to be succeeded by his brother in law Sir Samuel Rolle

Samuel Rolle

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.

Wise married Lady Mary Chichester, daughter of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester

Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester

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. His son Edward

Edward Wise (MP)

Edward Wise was a Member of the House of Commons of England from the rotten borough of Okehampton. He first took office in the Third Protectorate Parliament, remained in the Convention Parliament, and retained his seat until he was succeeded by Henry Northleigh on 14 March 1677 after Wise' death.He...

was later MP for Okehampton.