Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet

Who is Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet?

Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.

Skipwith was the son of Edward Skipwith of Gosburton and Grantham and his wife Elizabeth Hatcher, daughter of Sir John Hatcher of Coteby, Lincolnshire.

In 1659, Skipwith was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected in 1660, as MP for Grantham in the Convention Parliament. He was knighted at Whitehall on 29 May 1673, and was created baronet of Metheringham on 27 July 1678.

Skipwith died at his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields in June 1694.

Skipwith married firstly Elizabeth Lathom daughter of Ralph Lathomof Upminster, Essex. Their son Thomas succeeded to the baronetcy, and his daughter Susan married Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet of Minster. He married secondly Elizabeth Maddison, widow of Edward Maddison and daughter of Sir John Rea, but had no further children.