Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet (May 1740 – 31 March 1821) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1812. He was the first husband of Lady Sarah Lennox.
Bunbury was the eldest son of Reverend Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, Vicar of Mildenhall, Suffolk, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Vere Graham. The caricaturist Henry Bunbury was his younger brother. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1] Bunbury was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Suffolk in 1761, a seat he held until 1784 and again from 1790 to 1812. He was also High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1788.[2]
Bunbury married firstly Lady Sarah, daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (a grandson of Charles II), and one of the famous Lennox sisters, in 1762. Their notorious marriage, which produced no children (although Sarah gave birth to a daughter by her lover, Lord William Gordon, in 1769), was dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1776 (on the grounds of Sarah's adultery). He married secondly Margaret Cocksedge in 1805. There were no children from this marriage either. Bunbury died in March 1821, aged 80, and was succeeded by his nephew, Henry. Margaret, Lady Bunbury, died in February 1822.
Bunbury was an important figure in the field of horse-racing. His influence has been described as "crucial".[3] He was a steward of the Jockey Club and his horses included The Derby winners Diomed, Eleanor and Smolensko. His racing silks were pink and white stripes. [4]
Notes
- "Bunbury, Thomas [Charles] (BNBY756TC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- "BUNBURY, Thomas Charles (1740-1821), of Barton, Suff. and Bunbury, Cheshire ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- Barrett, Norman, ed. (1995). The Daily Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing.
- Weatherby, Edward and James (1801). "COLOURS WORN BY THE RIDERS OF THE FOLLOWING NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, &c". Racing Calendar. 28: 52.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ,
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by John Affleck Rowland Holt |
Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1761–1784 With: Rowland Holt 1761–1768 Sir John Rous 1768–1771 Rowland Holt 1771–1780 Sir John Rous 1780–1784 |
Succeeded by Sir John Rous Joshua Grigby |
| Preceded by Sir John Rous Joshua Grigby |
Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1790–1801 With: Sir John Rous 1790–1796 Viscount Brome 1796–1801 |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1801–1812 With: Viscount Brome 1801–1806 Thomas Sherlock Gooch 1806–1812 |
Succeeded by Thomas Sherlock Gooch Sir William Rowley |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda |
Chief Secretary for Ireland 1765 |
Succeeded by Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by William Bunbury |
Baronet (of Stanney Hall) 1764–1821 |
Succeeded by Henry Edward Bunbury |