Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Bt
Honorific Suffix:FRS
Office3:Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
Term Start3:1807
Term End3:1811
Predecessor3:Hon. Henry Grey Bennet
Hon. William Hill
Alongside3:Hon. William Hill
Successor3:Hon. William Hill
Hon. Henry Grey Bennet
Office4:Member of Parliament for Athlone
Term Start4:1803
Term End4:1806
Predecessor4:William Handcock
Successor4:George Tierney
Office5:Member of Parliament for Denbigh
Term Start5:1801
Term End5:1802
Predecessor5:Parliament of Great Britain
Successor5:Hon. Frederick West
Term Start6:1797
Term End6:1800
Predecessor6:Richard Myddelton
Successor6:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Office7:Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Term Start7:1790
Term End7:1791
Predecessor7:Welbore Ellis
John Purling
Sir Thomas Rumbold
Gabriel Steward
Alongside7:Sir James Murray
Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Andrew Stuart
Successor7:Sir James Murray
Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Andrew Stuart
Sir James Johnstone
Birth Name:Thomas Tyrwhitt
Death Place:Clarence Lodge, Roehampton
Education:Winchester College
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Parents:John Tyrwhitt
Katherine Booth
Relations:Peniston Booth (grandfather)

Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet FRS (1 September 1765 – 26 November 1811)[1] of Stanley Hall, Shropshire, was a British politician.

Early life

Tyrwhitt was born on 1 September 1765. He was the eldest son of Captain John Tyrwhitt, RN, of Netherclay House, Bishop's Hull, Somerset, and the former Katherine Booth, daughter and heiress of the Very Rev. Peniston Booth, Dean of Windsor and Katherine (Jones) Booth (a daughter of the Revd Canon Edward Jones). Among his siblings was Richard Tyrwhitt, a barrister who married Elizabeth Lipyeatt.

He was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his cousin Sir Thomas Jones in 1782, adopting the additional surname of Jones in 1790.

Career

He was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1790 to June 1791. Jones subsequently represented several other constituencies. He was MP for Denbigh Boroughs from January 1797 to 1802; Athlone from 22 August 1803 to 1806; and Shrewsbury from 1807 to 26 November 1811. He was created a baronet on 3 October 1808.[2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800.[3]

Personal life

He married Harriet Rebecca, the daughter of Edward Williams of Eaton Mascott, Shropshire, with whom he had three sons and two daughters,[2] including:

He died on 26 November 1811 at his residence, Clarence Lodge near Roehampton, now in south-west London. He was succeeded by Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones, 2nd Baronet, MP for Bridgnorth and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1816–1817.

Descendants

Through his son Thomas, he was a grandfather of Sir Henry Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet, a Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade who married Emma Harriet Wilson, suo jure Baroness Berners.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons. https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231534/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm. 10 August 2009. Leigh Rayment. usurped. 2 August 2010.
  2. Web site: Thorne . R. G. . JONES, Thomas (1765-1811), of Stanley Hall, Salop. . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . . 4 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Fellow Details. Royal Society. 9 May 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. Bye-gones Relating to Wales and the Border Counties . Jack Mytton . February 1900 . 294 . 10107/2099670 .