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About Thomas Shirley
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.
Everything about Thomas Shirley →- Occupation
- politician, adventurer
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1584-85 Parliament, Member of the 1593 Parliament, Member of the 1601 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1564
- Died
- 1634, 1630