Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644)

Thomas Luttrell (1584–1644) of Dunster Castle, British (English) School, National Trust, Dunster Castle collection. Donated in 1981 by Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919–2007)

Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644) was an English politician from Dunster Castle in Somerset. In 1625 he sat in the Useless Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's pocket borough of Minehead.[1]

Lutrell was the oldest of George Luttrell of Dunster Castle. He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and at Lincoln's Inn.[1] He had inherited seven manors in north-west Somerset, and held numerous public offices in the county including Deputy Lieutenant from 1629 to at least 1640, and Sheriff in 1631–32.[1]

Thomas Luttrell married Jane Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham and his wife Ann Dudley and together they had three known children, George, Francis and Thomas.

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  1. 1 2 3 Yerby, George; Hunneyball, Paul (2010). Andrew Thrush; John P. Ferris, eds. "LUTTRELL, Thomas (1583–1644), of Dunster Castle, Som". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Arthur Duck
Sir Arthur Lake		 Member of Parliament for Minehead
1625
With: Charles Pyne		 Succeeded by
John Gill
Thomas Horner


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