Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1669 to 1678.
Background
Hanmer was born in 1612, the eldest son of Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet. His father was a Member of Parliament for Flintshire and tended towards the Puritan side of Parliament. With the death of his father, Hanmer inherited the Hanmer Baronetage, becoming the 2nd Baronet Hanmer.
Career
He was a Royalist during the English Civil War and raised troops for Charles I. In his personal life he was a keen horticulturist. He is not to be confused with Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1747–1828) of the second creation. In 1669 Hanmer gained his second Parliamentary seat when he was elected as member for Flintshire, which he held until his death in 1678.
Thomas Hamner married secondly Susan Hervey, daughter of Sir William Hervey, Member of Parliament for Bury Saint Edmunds.
Their children were Susanna (16 August 1676 - 23 September 1744), who married Sir Henry Bunbury of Rake Hall, Little Stanney, Cheshire. And Thomas, later 4th Baronet.
A daughter, Thomasin, married Robert Booth and died without issue on May 14 1712.
Membership
Short Parliament; Cavalier Parliament]
In April 1640, Hanmer was elected Member of Parliament for Flint Boroughs in the Short Parliament.