Thomas Crompton was an English politician who served intermittently as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire between 1647 and 1660, a period encompassing the English Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the Restoration. He was the son of Sir Thomas Crompton of Stafford.
Early life and education
Crompton entered the University of Oxford on 1 July 1614 and later qualified as a barrister at Lincoln’s Inn in 1621.
Parliamentary career
In 1647 Crompton was elected MP for Staffordshire to the Long Parliament. He survived Pride’s Purge (December 1648) and continued to sit in the Rump Parliament that governed after the execution of Charles I.
During the Protectorate, Crompton was returned as MP for Staffordshire to the First Protectorate Parliament (1654), the Second Protectorate Parliament (1656), and the Third Protectorate Parliament (1659). Following the collapse of the Protectorate, he again took his seat in the restored Rump Parliament of 1659.
Later life
Details of Crompton’s activities after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 are scarce, and the date of his death is not recorded in surviving parliamentary histories.
References
- Alumni Oxonienses, 1500‑1714 (Oxford University archives).
- Browne Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II (1750), listing members of English parliaments from the Reformation to 1660.
