Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1612 – 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1669 to 1678.

In 1669, Hanmer gained his second Parliamentary seat when he was elected as member for Flintshire, which he held until his death in 1678.

Hanmer was married twice: his first marriage was to Elizabeth Baker, who eloped with the eccentric pamphleteer the Hon.

Of this marriage his son, William (born circa 1648 in Angers, Anjou, France), aged 15 went to Pembroke College, Oxford; he married Peregrina, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Sir Henry North, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, Essex.

[8][9] Their children were Susanna (16 August 1676 – 23 September 1744), who married Sir Henry Bunbury of Rake Hall, Little Stanney, Cheshire;[10] and Thomas, later 4th Baronet.