Family and Education
b. c. 1624, 1st s. of Thomas Higgons, DD, rector of Westbury, Salop by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Richard Barker of Haughmond Abbey, Salop. educ. St. Albans Hall, Oxf. matric. 27 Apr. 1638, aged 14; M. Temple 1640; travelled abroad (Italy) c.1643-6. m. (1) c.1647, Elizabeth (bur. 16 Sept. 1656), da. of Sir William Powlett of Edington, Wilts., wid. of Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex, 2da.; (2) lic. 11 Nov. 1661, Bridget (d.1692), da. of Sir Bevil Granville of Stow, Cornw., wid. of Simon Leach of Cadleigh, Devon, 3s. 3da. suc. fa. 1636; Kntd. 17 June 1663.B. Botfield, Stemmata Botevilliana, 137; Guildhall Lib. mss 10091/25; Owen and Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, ii. 235; Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans. (ser. 2), vii. 309.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Salop 1661 – 63, Hants 1661 – 80, 1689 – 90, Westminster 1663 – 69, Devon 1663 – 74; sub-commr. for prizes, Newcastle 1665 – 67; j.p. Hants 1665–d.
Surveyor-gen. duchy of Cornw. 1668 – d.; envoy extraordinary, Saxony 1668 – 69, Venice 1674–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Greywell, Hants.
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Commons 1660-1690
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HIGGONS, Thomas (c.1624-91)
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