Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet (died 1650) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Liddell was the son of Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle and his wife Margaret Watson, daughter of John Watson. In 1615, he succeeded to Ravensworth Castle on the death of his father. He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 15 March 1620.[1] He was Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1609 and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1625.[2] He was mayor of Newcastle again in 1636.[2]
In April 1640, Liddell was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Short Parliament.[3] He was created a baronet on 2 November 1642 after his defence of Newcastle against the Scottish army. He was fined £4,000 as " a delinquent.[1]
Liddell married Isabel Anderson, daughter of Henry Anderson and had six sons and two daughters. His eldest son Thomas predeceased him and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Thomas.[1] His second son, Francis, married firstly Elizabeth Tonge, daughter of Sir George Tonge, and secondly Frances Forster,[4] daughter of Nicholas Forster of Northumberland and Agnes Chaytor, daughter of Sir William Chaytor (d.1640).
References
- ^ a b c George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 2
- ^ a b Lord Mayors 1216 to date
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.airgale.com.au/debucton/d14.htm