Sir Thomas Danby (1610 – 5 August 1660) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642.[1] He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

Life

Danby was the son of Christopher Danby, and his wife Frances Parker, daughter of Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley.[2] He owned 10 manors and over 2,000 acres including coal mines.[3] He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1637 and was knighted on 25 July 1633.[4]

Danby was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire for the Long Parliament in November 1640.[5] He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in September 1642. He was fined £4,780 for his loyalty.[2]

Danby died in London and was buried in York Minster.[6]

Danby married Katherine Wandesford, elder daughter of Christopher Wandesford, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Alice Osborne; she died in 1645. They had sixteen children, of whom ten, eight boys and two girls, survived infancy. Their son Thomas Danby (1631–1667) was the first Mayor of Leeds.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cliffe, J. T. (2008). "Danby family (per. 1493-1667)" (available online to subscribers only). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71867. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank
  3. ↑ David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 1
  4. ↑ List of Knights
  5. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  6. ↑ York Minster Burials Archived 16 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine


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