Thomas Chester (1696–1763)

Thomas Chester (2 May 1696 – 1763) of Almondsbury and Knole, near Bristol, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1727 and 1763.

Chester was the eldest son of Thomas Chester of Almondsbury and his wife Anne Astry, daughter of Sir Samuel Astry of Henbury, Gloucestershire.

At the 1734 British general election, he was returned successfully as Tory MP for Gloucestershire with Beaufort support.

He was only once recorded as having spoken in Parliament on 13 March 1763, during the debate on the cider tax, but was inaudible.

Chester married as his second wife Mary Guinnet, widow of George Guinnet and daughter of Jeremy Gough of London on 28 February 1736.