Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet

For other people named Thomas Littleton, see Thomas Littleton (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet (3 April 1647 – 31 December 1709), often Thomas de Littleton, was an English and British statesman from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family.

The son of Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Baronet (died 1681), by his wife and cousin Anne Littleton, he was related to Thomas de Littleton, a 15th-century jurist and legal theorist.

He served as Speaker of the House of Commons of England from 1698 to 1700, then as Treasurer of the Navy until his death. Macaulay thus sums up the character of Speaker Littleton and his relations with the Whigs: "He was one of their ablest, most zealous and most steadfast friends; and had been, both in the House of Commons and at the board of treasury, an invaluable second to Montague" (the Earl of Halifax).

Upon his death, without issue in 1709, the baronetcy expired, but his estate passed to his first cousin Mrs Elizabeth Meynell, the daughter of his uncle Edward Littleton.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

Parliament of England
Preceded by Richard Bertie Sir Littleton Osbaldeston, Bt	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1689–1702 With: Sir John Doyley 1689–1690 Thomas Wheate 1690–1695 James Bertie 1695–1702	Succeeded by James Bertie Sir William Glynne, Bt
Preceded by Robert Walpole Marquess of Hartington	Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1702–1705 With: Horatio Walpole	Succeeded by Horatio Walpole Sir Robert Clayton
Preceded by John Miller William Elson	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1705–1707 With: William Elson 1705 Thomas Onslow 1705–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1707–1708 With: Thomas Onslow	Succeeded by Thomas Carr Sir Richard Farington, Bt
Preceded by George Churchill Thomas Erle	Member of Parliament for Portsmouth 1708–1709 With: George Churchill	Succeeded by George Churchill Sir Charles Wager
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Anglesey	Treasurer of the Navy 1668–1671 Served alongside: Sir Thomas Osborne	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Osborne
Preceded by John Swaddell	Clerk of the Ordnance 1690–1696	Succeeded by Christopher Musgrave
Preceded by Paul Foley	Speaker of the House of Commons of England 1698–1700	Succeeded by Robert Harley
Preceded by The Earl of Orford	Treasurer of the Navy 1699–1710	Succeeded by Robert Walpole
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Thomas Littleton	Baronet (of Stoke Milburgh, Suffolk) 1681–1709	Extinct