Thomas Meredyth (died 1677)

Sir Thomas Meredyth (died 1677) was an Irish politician.

Meredyth was the son of Richard Meredith and Sarah Bathow.[1] He was admitted to Trinity College Dublin in 1609 and to Lincoln's Inn in 1628. On 15 July 1630 he was knighted by his step-father, Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus. Meredyth represented Old Leighlin in the Irish House of Commons from 1634 to 1635.[2]

He married Letitia Fortescue and they had two sons, Charles and Arthur, and two daughters.

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  1. ^ Coburn Walshe, Helen (January 2008). "Meredith, Richard (d. 1597)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ John O'Hart, The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland (J. Duffey; M. H. Gill & son, 1892), p.46.