Thomas Hughes (MP)
Thomas Hughes (1604 – 22 August 1664) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1659.
Hughes was the elder son of Thomas Hughes of Cillwch (d.1624). He was an active supporter of the Commonwealth. He was on the Parliamentary Committee for Monmouthshire in 1646 and was appointed Governor of Chepstow Castle before 1647. In 1653 he was prothonotary of the court of great sessions for Brecknock, Glamorgan and Radnorshire.[1] In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. In 1659 he was elected MP for Carmarthenshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2] Thomas Hughes' brother Charles was a major in the Royalist army.[3]
Hughes died at the age of 59 and was buried in Matherne Church.[1]
Hughes married Isabel Godwin.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bradney, Sir Joseph (1933). A History of Monmouthshire: The Hundred of Caldicot. Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. p. 56. ISBN 0-9520009-4-6.