Thomas Southcote (by 1528 – 10 August 1600) was an English politician.
He was the eldest son ofJohn Southcote of Bovey Tracey, who he succeeded in 1556.
Southcote was elected aMember of theParliament of England forTavistock in 1555, forPlympton Erle in 1558 and forDartmouth in 1559. He was appointedHigh Sheriff of Devon for 1558–59 and 1570–71.
He married three times:firstly Grace, the daughter and heiress of John Barnhouse of Devon, with whom he had a son and two daughters and secondly Susan, the daughter of Thomas Kirkham of Blagdon in Paignton, with whom he had another four sons and six daughters and thirdly Elizabeth, the daughter of George Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire who gave him a further eight sons and four daughters.[1]
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