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====Biographical Note====
 
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Of [[Location::North Ockenden, Essex]]. Son of [[Family::Sir Thomas Littleton, second baronet]] ([[Date of Birth::1619;1620|1619/20]]?-[[date of death::1681]]). [[Apprentice|Apprenticed]] to a City [[occupation::merchant]] before matriculating at [[Education::St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] in 1665. Entered [[Education::the Inner Temple]] 1666; called to the [[occupation::Lawyer|bar]] 1671. [[occupation::MP]] for [[Location::Woodstock]] 1689, 1690, 1695, 1698, 1701, for [[Location::Castle Rising]] 1702-5, [[Location::Chichester]] 1705-8 and for [[Location::Portsmouth]] in 1708. He served as [[occupation::Speaker]] of the [[Organisations::House of Commons]] in 1698 and as [[occupation::Treasurer of the Navy]] from 1699 until his death.  
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Of [[Location::North Ockenden, Essex]]. Son of [[Family::Sir Thomas Littleton, second baronet]] ([[Date of Birth::1619;1620|1619/20]]?-[[date of death::1681]]). [[Apprentice|Apprenticed]] to a City [[occupation::merchant]] before matriculating at [[Education::St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] in 1665. Entered [[Education::the Inner Temple]] 1666; called to the [[occupation::Lawyer|bar]] 1671. [[occupation::MP]] for [[Location::Woodstock]] 1689, 1690, 1695, 1698, 1701, for [[Location::Castle Rising]] 1702-5, [[Location::Chichester]] 1705-8 and for [[Location::Portsmouth]] in 1708. He served as [[occupation::Speaker]] of the [[organisations::House of Commons]] in 1698 and as [[occupation::Treasurer of the Navy]] from 1699 until his death.  
  
 
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Sir Thomas LITTLETON, 3rd bart 1647-1709

Biographical Note

Of North Ockenden, Essex. Son of Sir Thomas Littleton, second baronet (1619/20?-1681). Apprenticed to a City merchant before matriculating at St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1665. Entered the Inner Temple 1666; called to the bar 1671. MP for Woodstock 1689, 1690, 1695, 1698, 1701, for Castle Rising 1702-5, Chichester 1705-8 and for Portsmouth in 1708. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons in 1698 and as Treasurer of the Navy from 1699 until his death.

Characteristic Markings

Used an engraved armorial bookplate dated 1702. The extent of his library is not known.

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