Thomas Chester-Master (1841–1914)

Thomas Wiliam Chester-Master(15 May 1841 – 14 November 1914)^[1]was an EnglishConservativepolitician who sat in theHouse of Commonsfrom 1878 to 1885.

Chester-Master was born in London, the eldest son ofThomas William Chester Masterand his wife Catherine Elizabeth Cornewall daughter of Sir George Cornewall, 4th Baronet. He was educated atHarrow SchoolandChrist Church, Oxford.He was a Major in the Royal North Gloucestershire Militia and aJ.P.forGloucestershireandMonmouthshire.^[2]

In March 1878 Chester-Master was elected at a by-election as theMember of Parliament(MP) for theborough of Cirencester.^[3]He held the seat until theparliamentary boroughwas abolished at the1885 general election.Chester-Master did not stand for Parliament again until the1892 general election,when he contested the newCirencester division of Gloucestershire.^[4]He tied in votes with Harry Lawson Webster Lawson but lost in the run-off by-election in 1893.^[4]

Chester-Master died at the age of 73.

Family

Chester-Master married in 1866, Georgina Emily Rolls, fifth daughter ofJohn Etherington Welch Rollsof The Hendre, Monmouthshire.^[2]

References

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^^a ^bDebretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
^Craig, F. W. S.(1989) [1977].British parliamentary election results 1832–1885(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 93.ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^^a ^bCraig, F. W. S.(1989) [1974].British parliamentary election results 1885–1918(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 283.ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links

Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Thomas Chester-Master

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Allen Bathurst	Member of ParliamentforCirencester 1878–1885	Succeeded by Arthur Brend Winterbotham
Preceded by Arthur Brend Winterbotham	Member of ParliamentforCirencester 1892–1893	Succeeded by Harry Levy-Lawson

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[craig1832-1885-3] Craig, F. W. S.(1989) [1977].British parliamentary election results 1832–1885(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 93.ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

[craig1885-1918-4] Craig, F. W. S.(1989) [1974].British parliamentary election results 1885–1918(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 283.ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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