Background
Dacres was the son of Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
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Thomas Dacres
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Education
Exeter College; University of Cambridge.
Career
He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 16 October 1629 aged 20 and was awarded Master of Arts on 12 November 1629 when he was "about to go with his Majesty"s ambassador into foreign parts" He was at Lincoln"s Inn in 1631. In 1632 he was awarded Master of Arts at Cambridge University. He sat until he was excluded under Pride"s Purge in 1648.
Dacres was knighted in 1660.
He died in 1668.
Membership
In 1646, Dacres was elected Member of Parliament for Callington in the Long Parliament.
