Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet

Who was Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet?

Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644 and from 1661 to 1679. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

Peyton was the son of Sir Samuel Peyton, 1st Baronet, of Knowlton, Kent, and his wife Mary Ashton, daughter of Sir Roger Ashton. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1623.

In November 1640, Peyton was elected Member of Parliament for Sandwich in the Long Parliament. He was disabled from sitting in 1644 for supporting the king and was subsequently a member of The Action Party, a group of radicals dedicated to bringing down the Protectorate government.

After the Restoration, Peyton was elected MP for Kent from 1661 to 1679 in the Cavalier Parliament.

Peyton died aged 70.

Peyton married firstly a daughter of Sir Peter Osborne, secondly Cecilia Swan, widow of Sir William Swan, and thirdly Jane Monins, daughter of Sir William Monins.