Thomas Shirley
✓ Source-basedrisingEnglish soldier, adventurer and politician, died 1630s
PoliticiansLived 1564 to 1634 · aged 70
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Sir Thomas Shirley was an English soldier, adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1622. His financial difficulties drove him into privateering which culminated in his capture by the Turks and later imprisonment in the Tower of London.
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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1564 to 1634 · aged 70
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