Thomas
Erle
MP
aka Earle
Born in Morden, Dorset, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Walter Erle MP
and Anne (Dymoke) Erle
Brother of
Anne (Erle) Norton
Husband of
Susanna (Fiennes) Erle
— married
about 1648 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Anne (Erle) Trenchard and Thomas Erle MP
Died
at age 29
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2017
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Biography
Thomas Erle was born at Morden in Dorset on the 5th of March 1621, son of Sir Walter Erle [1] of Charborough House in Dorset, and his wife Anne Dymoke, [2] daughter of Francis Dymoke. [3] He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on the 18th of February 1636, aged 14.
In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Milborne Port in the Short Parliament and for Wareham for the Long Parliament in November. He sat until 1648 when he was excluded in Pride's Purge. Meanwhile he was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1647 and was a friend of Anthony Ashley Cooper, the future Earl of Shaftesbury. He was chosen as a commissioner on the trial of King Charles in 1649, but did not sit.
Thomas married Susanna Fiennes, daughter of William Fiennes 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele and his wife, Elizabeth Temple. Their children included General Thomas Erle who was one of those who helped instigate the Glorious Revolution. [4]
Thomas died in 1650, and is said to have been buried at Axmouth in Devon. [5][6]
Sources
- ↑ Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (Morden 5 March 1621 Thomas Erle was born) Entered in a different hand, appears as an addition
- ↑ The Visitation of Dorsetshire 1623 Page 37: Earle
- ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke Page 208
- ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas Erle (Parliamentarian)
- ↑ UK, Extracted Probate Records Devon and Cornwall: - Wills and Administrations proved in the Bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799 (1650 Axmouth, Devon Burials Thomas Earle) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-4V4C : 15 December 2015), Thomas Erle, 1650; Burial, Axmouth, East Devon District, Devon, England, St Michael Church; citing record ID 149257559.Find A Grave: Memorial #149257559 Memorial provides no evidence
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