Thomas Trenchard (Dorset MP)

For the MP for Dorset in 1701, see Thomas Trenchard (1672–1703).

Sir Thomas Trenchard (1582 – 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648.

Trenchard was the son of Sir George Trenchard of Warmwell and his wife Ann Speke daughter of Sir George Speke of Whitelackington.[1] He was knighted at Theobalds on 15 December 1613.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset in 1634.[3]

In 1621, Trenchard was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset.[4] In April 1640, he was elected MP for Bridport in the Short Parliament. In 1645, he was re-elected MP for Dorset for the Long Parliament and sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge.[4]

He commanded a regiment of the Dorset Trained Bands at the Siege of Sherborne at the beginning of the First English Civil War.[5]

Trenchard married Elizabeth Morgan.[1] He had a son Thomas who was the father of John Trenchard Secretary of State.[3]

References

1. John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4
2. Knights of England
3. Dictionary of National Biography
4. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
5. Trenchard's Regiment at the British Civil War Project.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Mervyn Audley Sir John Strangways	Member of Parliament for Dorset 1621 With: Sir John Strangways	Succeeded by Sir John Strangways Sir George Hussey
Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Bridport 1640 With: Sir John Meller 1640	Succeeded by Roger Hill Giles Strangways
Preceded by John Browne Richard Rogers	Member of Parliament for Dorset 1645–1648 With: John Browne	Succeeded by John Browne