Thomas Glemham

Sir Thomas Glemham (c. 1594 – 1649) was an English soldier, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625. He was a commander in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. Early life and career Glemham was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Little Glemham in Suffolk. After studying at Trinity College, Oxford, he "betook himself to the German wars," serving in armies in Europe from 1610 to 1617. He was knighted on 10 September 1617. In 1621 he was elected MP for Reigate. He succeeded his father to the Little Glemham estate in 1632. He was elected MP for Aldeburgh in 1625 and 1626. He then took part as a Captain in the Duke of Buckingham's expedition to La Rochelle. He was captured by the French, but later released. He then served as JP and was involved in several lawsuits and scandals. In 1639, on the outbreak of the Second Bishops' War Glemham was commissioned a lieutenant-colonel. After the English defeat at the Battle of Newburn, he was Governor of Hull for several months, before returning to London in 1641.