Sir Thomas Stafford (c. 1574 – 1655) was an English courtier, politician, and historian of the Irish Wars.
Stafford was the illegitimate son of Sir George Carew.
In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
[1] Stafford married Lady Mary Killigrew (floruit 1621–55), widow of Sir Robert Killigrew of St. Margaret Lothbury, London, and daughter of Sir Henry Woodhouse of Waxham, after 1633.
He was buried in the same tomb as the Earl of Totnes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, with a Latin inscription mentioning military service in Ireland.