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Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet (1624–1702) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1659.

Style was the son of Sir Thomas Style, 1st Baronet of Wateringbury, Kent and his wife Elizabeth Foulkes daughter of Robert Foulkes of Monchesning, Essex.[1] His father was High Sheriff of Kent in 1634.

In 1656, Style was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Kent in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2]

Style died at the age of 78.

Style married firstly Elizabeth Airmine, daughter of Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet and secondly Margaret Twisden, daughter of Sir Thomas Twisden, 1st Baronet. He was succeeded by his son Oliver by his first wife who died a few months after. Oliver was succeeded by his half-brother Thomas.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage, Volume 2
  2. ^ 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.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kent
1656–1659
With: William James
Sir Richard Meredith, 2nd Baronet 1656
Henry Oxenden 1656
John Dixwell 1656
John Boys 1656
Lambert Godfrey 1656
Richard Beal 1656
John Selliard 1656
Ralph Weldon 1656
Daniel Shatterden 1656
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Style
Baronet
(of Wateringbury)
1637–1702
Succeeded by
Oliver Style