Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones, 2nd Baronet explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones, Bt
Office:Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth
Term Start:1818
Term End:1820
Predecessor:Hon. Charles Jenkinson
Thomas Whitmore
Alongside:Thomas Whitmore
Successor:William Wolryche-Whitmore
Thomas Whitmore
Office1:High Sheriff of Shropshire
Term Start1:1816
Term End1:1817
Predecessor1:Frederic Farmer Taylor
Successor1:William Ormsby-Gore
Birth Name:Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones
Birth Date:1 September 1765
Birth Place:Portland Place, Middlesex
Death Place:Stanley Hall, Shropshire
Education:Eton College
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford.
Party:Tory
Parents:Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones
Harriet Rebecca Williams
Children:7

Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt-Jones, 2nd Baronet (12 July 1793 – 5 October 1839) of Stanley Hall, Shropshire, was a British politician.

Early life

Tyrwhitt-Jones was born on 12 July 1793 at Portland Place, Middlesex.[1] He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones, 1st Baronet and Harriet Rebecca Williams (daughter of Edward Williams of Eaton Mascott, Shropshire). His brother, Charles Tyrwhitt-Jones, married Emily Halliday (a granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Aldborough), and his sister, Harriet Emma, was the first wife of John Mytton[2]

His paternal grandparents were Capt. John Tyrwhitt, of the Royal Navy, of Netherclay House, Bishop's Hull, and the former Katherine Booth (only child and heiress of the Very Rev. Peniston Booth, Dean of Windsor).

He was educated at Charles Lloyd's school at Peterley House, Great Missenden from 1802 to 1804 followed by Eton from 1805 to 1808. He attended Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

Upon the death of his father on 24 November 1811, Thomas succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Tyrwhitt-Jones, of Stanley Hall, Shropshire. He served as High Sheriff of Shropshire from 1816 to 1817.[3]

In 1818 he was returned as a Tory for Bridgnorth, the borough closest to his residence, under the guidance of Isaac Hawkins Browne, a former Bridgnorth MP. He took a leave of absence for a month beginning in March 1819 and then retired in 1820, instead of facing a contested race.[3]

After his time in the House, he "devoted himself to the life of a benevolent country gentleman" and rebuilt his father's estate, Stanley Hall in the popular Tudor style.[3] [4]

Personal life

On 13 June 1821, Sir Thomas was married to Eliza Walwyn Macnamara, the youngest daughter of John Macnamara of Saint Kitts, West Indies. Together, they were the parents of four sons and three daughters, including:[3]

Sir Thomas died at Stanley Hall on 5 October 1839 and was buried in the Jones' vault at St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Henry.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tyrwhitt . Robert Philip . Notices and remains of the family of Tyrwhitt [signed R.P.T.]. Corrected and repr ]. 1858 . 72 . 4 December 2023 . en.
  2. Bye-gones Relating to Wales and the Border Counties . Jack Mytton . February 1900 . 294 . 10107/2099670 .
  3. Web site: Thorne . R. G. . JONES, Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt, 2nd Bt. (1793-1839), of Stanley Hall, nr. Bridgnorth, Salop. . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . . 4 December 2023.
  4. Book: Williams . Gareth . The Country Houses of Shropshire . 2021 . Boydell & Brewer . 978-1-78327-539-7 . 591–592; 732 . 4 December 2023 . en.
  5. Mosley, 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.