Thomas Baker (Arundel MP)
Thomas Baker, of Whittingham Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk and Leyton, Essex, was an English politician.
Early life
Baker was the son of Sir Richard Baker, MP for Lancaster, Horsham, New Shoreham and New Romney, and his first wife, Katherine Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir John Tirrell and stepdaughter of Sir William Petre.His father was the eldest son of [John Baker (died 1558)|Sir John Baker (by 1531–1604/6)|John Baker], Chancellor of the Exchequer and, his second wife, Elizabeth Dineley. His paternal uncle was John, and one of his aunts, Cecily Baker, was the wife of Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst.