Thomas_Colby_(MP_for_Melcombe_Regis_and_St_Ives)

Thomas Colby (MP for Melcombe Regis)

Thomas Colby (MP for Melcombe Regis)

16th-century English politician

For another MP of the same name who also died in 1588, see Thomas Colby (MP for Thetford).

Thomas Colby (c. 1530 – 5 March 1588) was an English politician from Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hampshire. He was said to be a puritan west-country lawyer ‘of great living’.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Melcombe Regis in 1563 and for St. Ives in 1586.[1]

He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Edward Gilbert, alderman of London. He died on 5 Mar 1588. After Thomas's death Elizabeth married Michael Molyns (d. 1615) Member (MP) for Wallingford.

References

  1. [1]
    "COLBY, Thomas I (c.1530-88), of Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hants. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.


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