William Tyrwhitt

For the earlier politician, see William Tyrwhitt (MP, died 1522).

William Tyrwhitt (died 1591) was an English landowner and politician who sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon in March 1553 but took no further part in public life under Queen Elizabeth I because of his Roman Catholicism, for which he underwent spells of imprisonment.[1]

  1. ^ Dale, M. K. (1982), "Tyrwhitt, William (by 1531-91), of Twigmoor and Kettleby, Lincs.", in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, retrieved 15 November 2017