Thomas Charnock (1587–1648) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
in 1624.
Charnock was the second son of Robert Charnock, of Charnock or Astley, Lancashire. He lived at Astley Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. In 1624, he was elected
Member of Parliament for
Newton in the
Happy Parliament.
[William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)]
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Charnock was elder brother of Roger Charnock who was MP for Newton in 1614.[
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References
1580s births
1645 deaths
English MPs 1624–1625
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