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Thomas Strangways (1643–1713)
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Thomas Strangways (1643–1713) of Melbury House in Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset[1] was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1673 and 1713. As a militia colonel he was active in opposing the Monmouth rebellion. For his last nine years in Parliament, he was the longest sitting member of the House of Commons (Father of the House).
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