Sir Thomas Western, 2nd Baronet explained

Sir Thomas Sutton Western, 2nd Baronet (7 October 1821 – 20 June 1877) 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. He was elected at the 1857 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon in Essex.[1] He was re-elected in 1859, but defeated at the 1865 general election. Western then stood in the Eastern division of Suffolk at the 1868 general election, but did not win a seat.[2]

On 2 February 1848 he married Giulietta Romana, daughter of Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet.[3] There were no children and she died on 20 September 1850.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

    . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 201.

  2. Craig, op. cit., page 462
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p37300.htm#i372999 thePeerage.com
  4. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, 23 Sep 1850; p. 7; Issue 20601