Sir Thomas Danby (1610 – 5 August 1660) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642. [1] He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
Danby was the son of Christopher Danby, and his wife Frances Parker, daughter of Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley. [2] He owned 10 manors and over 2,000 acres including coal mines. [3] He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1637 and was knighted on 25 July 1633. [4]
Danby was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire for the Long Parliament in November 1640. [5] He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in September 1642. He was fined £4,780 for his loyalty. [2]
Danby died in London and was buried in York Minster. [6]
Danby married Katherine Wandesford, elder daughter of Christopher Wandesford, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Alice Osborne; she died in 1645. They had sixteen children, of whom ten, eight boys and two girls, survived infancy. Their son Thomas Danby (1631–1667) was the first Mayor of Leeds. [2]