Thomas Crompton (Parliamentarian)

Thomas Crompton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1647 and 1660.

Crompton was the son of Sir Thomas Crompton of Stafford. He subscribed at Oxford University on 1 July 1614 and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1621.[1]

In 1647, Crompton was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire in the Long Parliament and survived Pride's Purge to sit in the Rump Parliament. He was elected MP for Staffordshire again in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament, in 1656 for he Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was also restored in 1659 as a member of the Rump Parliament.[2]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Bowyer
Sir Richard Skeffington
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire
1647–1653
With: John Bowyer 1647–1648
Succeeded by
George Bellot
John Chetwood
Preceded by
George Bellot
John Chetwood
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire
1654–1660
With: Sir Charles Wolseley 1654–1656
Thomas Whitgrave 1654–1659
Succeeded by
Edward Bagot
William Sneyd
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