Sir Thomas Clarges (c 1618 – 4 October 1695) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695.
[1] His sister Anne Clarges was the wife of the royalist General George Monck, later 1st Duke of Albemarle.
Clarges became Monck's main agent as he set about planning the Restoration of the Monarchy.
Monck also wrote another short letter in his own hand informing Charles that "he chose to send Mr. Clarges to him, because he was the only person to be trusted in the nearest concernments and consultations, for his restoration, as one, to whom he desired his majesty to give credit to what he should say on that behalf".
In 1686, he acquired 15 St James's Square to serve as the London home of the Marchioness de Gouvernet.