Thomas Fitzjames (c. 1624 – 1705) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659 and 1660. Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Flemin ...

on 25 January 1639, aged 16. He was called to the bar at

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...

in 1649. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Faber-Flood', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 480-509. Date accessed: 17 March 2011
/ref> In 1659, Fitzjames was elected Member of Parliament for Downton in the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a po ...

. He was then of Nurfland.History of Parliament Online - Fitzjames, Thomas
/ref> In April 1660 he was re-elected MP for Downton in the Convention Parliament but as there was a double return, his election was declared void on 9 May. Fitzjames was the brother of

Henry Fitzjames Henry FitzJames (6 August 1673 – 16 December 1702), titular 1st Duke of Albemarle in the Jacobite peerage, was an illegitimate son of King James II of England and VII of Scotland by Arabella Churchill, sister of the first Duke of Marlborou ...

and

John Fitzjames Sir John Fitzjames (c. 1465/70 – c. 1542) was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1526 until 1539. Sir John was a nephew of Richard Fitzjames, Bishop of London during the Hunne case. Sir John had also been Recorder of Bristol, Attorne ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzjames, Thomas 1620s births 1705 deaths Politicians from Dorset Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple People from Downton, Wiltshire English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660