Sir Thomas Wroth, 3rd Baronet (c.1674–1721) of

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, Somerset was an English High Sheriff and Member of Parliament. He was born the only surviving son of Sir John Wroth, 2nd Baronet, of Petherton Park. He succeeded his father in 1677 as a very young child, inheriting his Petherton Park estate. He was educated at

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. He was MP in succession for

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from 1701 to 1708, for

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from 1710 to 1713 and for Wells for 1713 to 1715. He was pricked

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for 1708–09. He died in 1721. He had married in 1693 Mary, the daughter of Thomas Osbaldeston of Aldersbrook, Essex and had 2 daughters. The baronetcy thus became extinct. His estate was inherited by his eldest daughter Cicely and her husband

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. His younger daughter Elizabeth married lawyer and MP Thomas Palmer, FRS.

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