Thomas Nott, royalist army officer, was born on 11 December 1606, the eldest son of Roger Nott, citizen and Merchant Taylor of All Hallows Staining, London. In 1637 he married Elizabeth Thynne daughter of Thomas Thynne of St Margaret’s, Westminster. 

Knighted in 1639, in 1640 he acquired the crown lease of Twickenham Park.

In 1649 The council of state ordered that he should be disarmed following a royalist demonstration at Twickenham which had been instigated by Lady Nott. Indeed, he asked for compensation for damage to his property there during the commotion.

In 1659 Nott sold Twickenham Park and bought a house in Richmond. At the Restoration he became gentleman-usher to the king and he was a gentleman of the privy chamber from 1670 until his death. He was one of the original Fellows when the Royal Society was formed in 1663, but was expelled in 1675 for non-payment of his subscription.