William Thomas (c. 1630 – 1686) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
In April 1660, Thomas was elected Member of Parliament for Ludgershall.
He was very active in parliament making 26 recorded speeches and serving on 33 committees, of which he took the chair in three.
[1] Thomas married firstly, in about 1654, Christian Withed, daughter of Richard Whithed a parliamentary colonel of Norman Court, West Tytherley, Hampshire and had a son.
She died on 3 February 1655 and he married secondly on 31 March 1659, Dorothy Chettell, widow of Francis Chettel of Blandford St Mary, Dorset, who was a recruiter to the Long Parliament, and daughter of Thomas Tregonwell of Anderson, Dorset.