Thomas Southcote MP DL JP ''of Buckland'' (c. 1622 – 1664) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1661 to 1664. Southcote was the son of George Southcote of Buckland Tout Saints and his wife Frances. History of Parliament Online - Southcote, Thomas
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on 2 November 1638, aged 16. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Smith-Sowton', ''Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714'' (1891), pp. 1368-1394. Date accessed: 21 June 2012
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in 1640. In 1654 he succeeded to the estates of his father. In 1657, he became a J.P. for Devon until his death and a commissioner for assessment for Devon for the year, being commissioner for assessment again from August 1660 until his death. In 1661, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in the

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. He was Deputy Lieutenant from 1661 to his death and commissioner for corporations from 1662 to 1663. Southcote who was sickly for a long period died at the age of about 42 between 28 March 1664 and 6 April 1664. Southcote married Alice Petre, daughter of Abraham Petre of Marldon, Devon under a marriage settlement of 15 January 1650. They had two sons and three daughters. His sons died in infancy and his only surviving daughter married

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Southcote, Thomas 1620s births 1664 deaths Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1661–1679 Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn

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Deputy lieutenants of Devon English justices of the peace Lords of the Manor