Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Bt | |
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![]() Portrait of Sir Thomas Jones, Bt from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales | |
Member of ParliamentforShrewsbury | |
In office 1807–1811 Serving withHon. William Hill | |
Preceded by | Hon. Henry Grey Bennet Hon. William Hill |
Succeeded by | Hon. William Hill Hon. Henry Grey Bennet |
Member of ParliamentforAthlone | |
In office 1803–1806 | |
Preceded by | William Handcock |
Succeeded by | George Tierney |
Member of ParliamentforDenbigh | |
In office 1801–1802 | |
Preceded by | Parliament of Great Britain |
Succeeded by | Hon. Frederick West |
In office 1797–1800 | |
Preceded by | Richard Myddelton |
Succeeded by | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of ParliamentforWeymouth and Melcombe Regis | |
In office 1790–1791 | |
Preceded by | Welbore Ellis John Purling Sir Thomas Rumbold Gabriel Steward |
Succeeded by | Sir James Murray Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone Andrew Stuart Sir James Johnstone |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Tyrwhitt 1 September 1765 |
Died | 26 November 1811 Clarence Lodge,Roehampton | (aged 46)
Relations | Peniston Booth(grandfather) |
Parent(s) | John Tyrwhitt Katherine Booth |
Education | Winchester College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st BaronetFRS(1 September 1765 – 26 November 1811)[1]ofStanley Hall, Shropshire,was a British politician.
Early life[edit]
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Tyrwhitt was born on 1 September 1765. He was the eldest son of Captain John Tyrwhitt, RN, of Netherclay House, Bishop's Hull, Somerset, and the former Katherine Booth, daughter and heiress of the Very Rev.Peniston Booth,Dean of Windsorand Katherine (néeJones) Booth (a daughter of theRevd Canon Edward Jones).[2]Among his siblings was Richard Tyrwhitt, a barrister who married Elizabeth Lipyeatt.[3]
He was educated atWinchesterandChrist Church, Oxford.He succeeded his cousin Sir Thomas Jones in 1782, adopting the additional surname of Jones in 1790.[2]
Career[edit]
He was theMember of ParliamentforWeymouth and Melcombe Regisfrom 1790 to June 1791. Jones subsequently represented several other constituencies. He was MP forDenbigh Boroughsfrom January 1797 to 1802;Athlonefrom 22 August 1803 to 1806; andShrewsburyfrom 1807 to 26 November 1811. He was created abaroneton 3 October 1808.[2]
He was elected aFellow of the Royal Societyin 1800.[4]
Personal life[edit]
He married Harriet Rebecca, the daughter of Edward Williams of Eaton Mascott, Shropshire, with whom he had three sons and two daughters,[2]including:[3]
- Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt-Jones, 2nd Baronet(1793–1839), who married Eliza Walwyn Macnamara, the youngest daughter of John Macnamara, ofSaint Kitts,West Indies,in 1821.[3]
- Charles Tyrwhitt-Jones (1801–1876), who married Emily Halliday, daughter of Adm. John Richard Delap Tollemache and Lady Elizabeth Stratford (a daughter of the3rd Earl of Aldborough), in 1819.[3]
- Harriet Emma Tyrwhitt-Jones (d. 1820), who marriedJohn Myttonin 1818.[5]
He died on 26 November 1811 at his residence, Clarence Lodge near Roehampton, now in south-west London. He was succeeded by Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones, 2nd Baronet, MP forBridgnorthandHigh Sheriff of Shropshirefor 1816–1817.
Descendants[edit]
Through his son Thomas, he was a grandfather ofSir Henry Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet,a Lieutenant in theRifle Brigadewho marriedEmma Harriet Wilson,suo jureBaroness Berners.[3]
References[edit]
- ^"House of Commons".Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009.Retrieved2 August2010.
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:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^abcdThorne, R. G."JONES, Thomas (1765-1811), of Stanley Hall, Salop".historyofparliamentonline.org.History of Parliament Online.Retrieved4 December2023.
- ^abcdeMosley, Charles, editor.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.Wilmington, Delaware,U.S.A.:Burke's Peerage(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 355.
- ^"Fellow Details".Royal Society.Retrieved9 May2014.
- ^"Jack Mytton".Bye-gones Relating to Wales and the Border Counties:294. February 1900.hdl:10107/2099670.
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