Thomas Shirley
English soldier, adventurer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Thomas Shirley, see Thomas Shirley (disambiguation).
Sir Thomas Shirley (1564 – c. 1634) was an English soldier, adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1622. His financial difficulties drove him into privateering which culminated in his capture by the Turks and later imprisonment in the Tower of London.