Thomas Marsland Explained

Thomas Marsland
Office:	Member of Parliament for Stockport
Term Start:	15 December 1832
Term End:	30 June 1841
Predecessor:	New constituency
Successor:	Richard Cobden Henry Marsland
Alongside:	Henry Marsland (1835–1841) John Horatio Lloyd (1832–1835)
Birth Date:	13 September 1777
Nationality:	British
Party:	Conservative/Tory

Thomas Marsland (13 September 1777 – 18 November 1854)^[1] was a British Conservative and Tory politician.^{[2] [3]}

Marsland was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Stockport at the 1832 general election and, becoming a Conservative in 1834, held the seat until 1841 when he was defeated. While he attempted to regain the seat at a by-election in 1847, he was unsuccessful.^{[4] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 24 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003152447/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm. 3 October 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017.
2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 35 .
3. Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. 1838. 154–155. . 2 December 2018.
4. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 287.