Sir Thomas Parry (1541 – 30 May 1616) was an

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politician and diplomat during the

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.Royal Berkshire History: Sir Thomas Parry Junior (1541-1616)
/ref> He was the son of Sir Thomas Parry Senior of

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, the Controller of the Royal Household, by his wife, Anne, the daughter of Sir William Reade of Boarstall House in

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. He was educated at

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(1558). He first entered Parliament in 1571 as member for

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. He was appointed

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for 1575–76 and 1587–88 and made a deputy lieutenant for Berkshire in 1593. From 1586 to 1587, during the reign of

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, he was the Member of Parliament for

.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750
/ref> and for

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in 1610. In 1601, he was knighted and appointed English ambassador to France for four years. Upon his return to England, he was made

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. In 1614 he was again reelected to Parliament for Berkshire but, after being censured for interference in the election at Stockbridge, was dismissed from the House. He also temporarily lost his position as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He died intestate in 1616 at his home,

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House, and was buried in

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. He had married Dorothy Brooke of Bristol, maid of honour to the Queen; they had no children.

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