Sir Thomas Western, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Burch Western, 1st Baronet (22 August 1795 – 30 May 1873)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

Sir Thomas Western, 1st Baronet

He served as High Sheriff of Essex for 1850.[2] He was elected at the 1865 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Northern division of Essex.[3] When Essex was divided into three divisions (rather than two) for the 1868 general election, Western stood in the new Eastern division, but did not win a seat.[4]

He was Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1869 to 1873.[5]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  2. "No. 21065". The London Gazette. 5 February 1850. pp. 313–314.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 386. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. Craig, op. cit., page 385
  5. Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages: W, part 2
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Gray Round
Charles Du Cane
Member of Parliament for North Essex
18651868
With: Charles Du Cane
Constituency abolished
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
of Rivenhall, Essex
1864–1873
Succeeded by
Thomas Western


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.