Sir Thomas Western, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Sutton Western, 2nd Baronet (7 October 1821 – 20 June 1877)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

Western was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge Union Society.[2] He was elected at the 1857 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon in Essex.[3] He was re-elected in 1859, but defeated at the 1865 general election.[3] Western then stood in the Eastern division of Suffolk at the 1868 general election, but did not win a seat.[4]

On 2 February 1848 he married Giulietta Romana, daughter of Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet.[5] There were no children and she died on 20 September 1850.[6]

References

edit
  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  2. ^ "Western, Thomas Sutton (WSTN839TS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 201. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ Craig, op. cit., page 462
  5. ^ thePeerage.com
  6. ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, 23 Sep 1850; p. 7; Issue 20601
edit
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Maldon
18571865
With: John Bramley-Moore to 1859
George Peacocke from 1859
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
of Rivenhall, Essex
1873–1877
Succeeded by
Thomas Western