Thomas Bampfield

Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde (c. 1623 – 8 October 1693) was an English lawyer, and Member of Parliament for Exeter between 1654 and 1660. For a short period in 1659, he was Speaker of the House of Commons in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He served in the 1660 Convention Parliament that agreed The Restoration settlement, but other than a brief period in 1688, retired from active politics in 1661. A devout Presbyterian who was later converted to Sabbatarianism by his older brother Francis Bampfield, he published a number of religious works. He died in October 1693. Personal details Thomas Bampfield was the eighth son of John Bampfield of Poltimore and his wife Elizabeth, members of the Devon gentry. Like most of their contemporaries, he and his brothers supported Parliament during the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, although there is no record of his military service.