Thomas Bilson (MP for Winchester)

Sir Thomas Bilson (1592 – c. 1647) was an English politician, serving as MP for Winchester.

Bilson was the oldest son of Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester and his wife Anne, daughter of Thomas Mill MP.

[1] He was educated at New College, Oxford, matriculating in 1606; entered Lincoln's Inn in 1609;[2] and accompanied ambassador Sir Stephen Lesieur to Florence in 1609.

[1] Bilson was knighted on 25 October 1613, soon after his father Bishop Bilson had been appointed an additional judge on the commission on the annulment of the marriage of the Countess of Essex to marry the royal favourite Robert Carr.

[1] He was elected MP for Winchester in the Addled Parliament of 1614.