Thomas Beecher

Colonel Thomas Be(e)cher JP (1640 – 10 October 1709)[1] was an Irish politician and soldier.

Born in Baltimore, County Cork, he was the son of Major Henry Becher and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Notte.

[6] He fought in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, serving as aide-de-camp to William of Orange, for which he was awarded a watch by the later King.

[9] Elizabeth died about 1720, her will being dated 26 September was proved in the prerogative court in Cork in the following year.

His son Michael sat also in the Parliament of Ireland, representing the same constituency as his father.