Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Peyton
Member of Parliament
for Kent
In office
May 1661 – January 1679
Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Kent
In office
May 1660 – February 1684
Member of Parliament
for Sandwich
In office
November 1640 – February 1644 (excluded)
Personal details
Born13 August 1613
Knowlton Court, Kent
Died11 February 1684(1684-02-11) (aged 70)
London
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
NationalityEnglish
Spouse(s)(1) Elizabeth Osborne (1636–1642)
(2) Cecilia Clerke (1648–1661)
(3) Jane Monins (1667–1672)
ChildrenFour daughters
Military service
AllegianceRoyalist
Battles/wars

Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet, 18 August 1613 to 11 February 1684, was a member of the landed gentry from Knowlton Court in Kent. He supported the Royalists in the War of the Three Kingdoms, and took part in a number of conspiracies to restore Charles II of England during the 1649 to 1660 Commonwealth period.

After the Stuart Restoration in May 1660, Peyton was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Kent, and elected Member of Parliament for Kent. Despite receiving a number of lucrative government positions, he was in dire financial difficulties when he died in February 1684, leaving four daughters, and his lands were sold.

Shortly before fleeing into exile in 1660 to escape prosecution as a regicide, his neighbour John Dixwell sold Peyton part of his Broome Park estate. In return, one of Peyton's daughters married his nephew Basill Dixwell, which appears to have been a successful attempt to protect his property from confiscation.[1]