Thomas Claughton (MP)

Thomas Claughton (c. August 1773 – 8 March 1842)[1] was a politician in England.

For other people named Thomas Claughton, see Thomas Claughton (disambiguation).

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1818 until 1825.[1] His sons Thomas Legh Claughton and Piers Claughton became bishops in the Anglican Church (Thomas of Rochester then St Albans; Piers of St Helena then Colombo) while his grandson Gilbert Claughton (son of Thomas) was created a baronet in 1912.[2]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  2. thepeerage.com Sir Gilbert Henry Claughton, 1st and last Bt.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Ireland Blackburne
Thomas Legh		 Member of Parliament for Newton
1818–1825
With: Thomas Legh		 Succeeded by
Robert Townsend-Farquhar
Thomas Legh


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