Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet

At the 1698 English general election he stood for Suffolk where he was heavily defeated and for Orford again where he was returned in a fierce contest.

At the first general election of 1701 he was defeated at Orford, and at the second general election of 1701 he stood instead at Bury St Edmunds on the interest of his son-in-law John Hervey and was returned as MP in a contest.

At the 1708 British general election, he was returned again for Bury St Edmunds and was also promoted to Comptroller of the Household to Queen Anne.

[2] Felton died at his lodgings in Whitehall from gout in the stomach on 3 March 1709.

[2] He was buried six days later at St Mary's church Playford, where his gravestone lies in the chancel.