Thomas Burton (politician)

Thomas Burton (politician)

Thomas Burton (??-1661), of Brampton Hall, Westmorland, was MP for Westmorland from 1656 to 1659. His diary, the six manuscript volumes of which reside in the British Library, is a key record of proceedings in the Parliaments of 1656-9. It was edited and published in four volumes in 1828 by J.T. Rutt.

References

* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] : 'Burton, Thomas', by Ivan Roots [subscription site]

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue.asp?type=false&gid=45 Thomas Burton's Diary] : full text of the Rutt edition, part of British History Online.


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