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Thomas Clarges, Sir (c. 1618 - 4 Oct 1695)

Apothecary and member of the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695. He played an important part in bringing about the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660.

Probably the "Clarges" named by Thoresby among "Clergy and Laity, as more emi
nent for Learning, Benefactions, or military Atchievements, &c." (550).
Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/5453 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Clarges Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, England
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Allestree, Alsop, Ambrose, Ames, Angier, Annesley, Ashe, Ascham, Ashmole; Barnes, Bates, Baxter, Beaumont, Bentley, Bernard, Blackmore, Bladen, Bodley, Bolton, Bonnel, Boswel, Bowles, Boyle, Bromley, Buchanan, Burket, Busby; Calamy, Camden, Cartwright, Castel, Cave, Cawton, Chadderton, Chamberlayn, Chancy, Charlotte, Charnock, Chetwynd, Chillingworth, Clarges, Clark, Clarkson, Collings, Collier, Dodsworth, Dodwell, Doolittle, Dorrington, Drake, (Sir Francis), Dryden, Dugdale, Duport; Edwards, Ent, Evelyn, Elstob; Fairfax, Firmin, Flaherly, Flamsted, Flemming, Floyer, Fox, Frankland; Gale, Du Gard, Gascoigne, Gibson, Gilpin, Glisson, Godolphin, Goodall, Goodwin, Gouge, Gower, Gumble, Gurnall; Halley, Hammond, Hampden, Harley, Harrison, Henry, Herbert, Herne, Heywood, Hickes, Hickman, Hickeringil, Higden, Hill, Hildersham, Hobbes, Hody, Holder, Hook, Hooker, Hopkinson, Howe, Hudson, Humfreys, Hyde; Jacomb, James, Jenkins, Jenkyn, Johnson (Ben.), Johnston; Keith, Kennet, Kettlewell, King, Kirke, Knox (Capt.), Kymberley; Lambarde, Langbain, Lenthall, Le-Neve, Le-strange, Lesley, Lewys, Lightfoot, Linacre, Lister, Littleton, Lhoyd (Hum. and Edw.), Loggan, Lower; Mack-Martin, Madox, Manton, Marshall, Marsham, Marvel, Mather, Matthewes, Mead, Micklethwait, Midgeley, Mildmay, Milner, Molesworth, Molyneux, More, Morice, Morisone, Morgan, Morland, Morton, Morris, Mountague; Nalson, Nalton, Nelson, Newcome, Newcomen, Nowel (Alex. and Laur.), Nye; Ogle, Oley, Olliffe, Otteley, Owen; Pearse, Pearson, Penn, Penton, Pepys, Peters, Petiver, Petyt, Plot, Pococoke, Pool, Potter, Preston, Prideaux, Primrose, Pryor, Purcell, Pymm; Radcliffe, Ralegh (Sir Walter), Randolph, Raye, Rawdon, Rosewell, Rogers, Rule, Rushworth, Russel (Admiral), Rycaut, Rymer; Sacheverell, Sampson, Savile, Scobell, Sedgewick, Selden, Sharp, Sherburn, Sherlock, Shepard, Shovel (Sir Cloudesley), Shower, Sibbald, Sidney (Sir Phil.), Simpson, Skelton, Sloane, Smith, South, Southwell, Spragge, Spelman, Steel, Stephens, Stretton, Strype, Suckling, Sutherland, Swinburn; Talbot, Tallents, Tanner, Temple, Thursby, Thwaits, Todd, Towneley, Travers, Tuckney, Twisse, Tyndal, Tyson; Vernon, Vicars, Vincent, Vyner; Wales, Walker, Waller, Wallis, Walsingham, Wanley, Ware, Washington, Watson, Webster, Wentworth, Welwood, Wharton, Wheatley, Wheeler, Whiston, Whitacre, Whitby, Whitchcote, Whitlock, Whyte, Widdrington, Wild, Williams, Williamson, Wittie, Wolseley, Woodcock, Woodward, Worthington, Wortley, Wotton, and Wren.