Thomas Higgons

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Sir Thomas Higgons (* around 1624 ; † November 24, 1691 in London ) was an English politician and diplomat.

Origin and family

He was the son of Rev. Thomas Higgons († 1636), Rector of Westbury in Shropshire , from his second marriage to Elizabeth Barker.

He was married twice, first to Elizabeth Paulet († 1656), widow of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex († 1646) and granddaughter of William Paulet , 3rd Marquess of Winchester , and his second marriage to Bridget Granville ( 1629–1692), widow of Simon Leach of Cadleigh († 1651) and sister of John Granville , 1st Earl of Bath . He had two daughters from his first marriage and three daughters and three sons from his second marriage.

Life

He was educated at St Alban's Hall in Oxford and studied at Middle Temple in London . Between 1643 and 1646 he made a trip through Italy, during which he learned the Italian language in particular. After he got married he lived in Greywell near Odiham in Hampshire .

In 1659 he took part in the English Parliament as a Member of the House of Commons for Malmesbury and from 1661 to 1679 as a Member for Windsor . On June 17, 1663, he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . From 1665 he was Justice of the Peace for Hampshire. From 1685 to 1687 he was a Member of Parliament for St Germans .

He was repeatedly sent as a royal envoy extraordinary on diplomatic missions to European courts. So in 1669 together with Thomas St. George to Electoral Saxony and from 1674 to 1679 to Venice .

He died in 1691 and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 234.
personal data
SURNAME Higgons, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH around 1624
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1691
Place of death London