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Thomas Whitmore (died 1682)
Thomas Whitmore may refer to: * Thomas Whitmore (1599–1677), English lawyer and politician * Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846), English Whig MP for Bridgnorth *Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet (1612–1653), English MP for Bridgnorth *Thomas Charlton Whitmore (1807–1865), English Conservative politician *Sir Thomas Whitmore (died 1682), English MP for Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ... * Thomas Whitmore (died 1773), English MP for Bridgnorth * Thomas Whitmore (younger) (c. 1742–1795), English MP for Bridgnorth *Thomas J. Whitmore, fictional President of the United States from the 1996 film '' Independence Day'' {{hndis, Whitmore, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitmore (1599–1677)
Thomas Whitmore (12 February 1599 – May 1677) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1659. Whitmore was the eldest son of John Whitmore of Ludstone and his wife Frances Billingsley, daughter of William Billingsley of Astley, Shropshire. He was educated at New Inn Hall and at Wadham College, Oxford in 1617. He entered Middle Temple in 1620 and was called to the bar in 1626. He was sympathetic to the Royalist cause in the Civil War and in 1646 he was assessed at £300, later reduced to £60, by the committee for the advance of money. In 1648 he became a Bencher of Middle Temple. He was made freeman of Bridgnorth in 1655 and was recorder of the town from 1655 to 1676. He was a J.P. for Shropshire from 1656 until his death and was made freeman of Wenlock in 1658. In 1659, Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for Wenlock in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Wenlock in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846)
Thomas Whitmore (16 November 1782 – 6 February 1846) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1831. Whitmore was the eldest son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park, Stockton, Shropshire and his wife Mary Foley and was educated at Eton College (1796-79) and Christ Church, Oxford (1799). He was recorder of the borough of Bridgnorth and lay Dean of the royal peculiar of Bridgnorth. He inherited Apley Park in 1795 on the death of his father and in 1811 extensively rebuilt Apley Hall. The following year he became a partner in the London bank of Chatteris, Whitmore & Co. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Shropshire and was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1805–06. In 1806 Whitmore was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgnorth, holding the seat until 1831. Whitmore died in 1846 at the age of 63. He had married Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York and had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Their son Thomas Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet (28 November 1612 – 1653) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1640 and 1644. He supported the Cavaliers, Royalist side in the English Civil War. Biography Whitmore was the son of William Whitmore (died 1648), Sir William Whitmore of Apley Hall, Shropshire, and his second wife Dorothy Weld, daughter of John Weld of London. His father was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1620, and nephew of George Whitmore (Lord Mayor), Sir George Whitmore (d.1654), Lord Mayor of London. In April 1640, Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency), Bridgnorth for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 in the Long Parliament and held the seat until 1644 when he was disabled for supporting the King. He was created a Whitmore baronets, baronet, of Apley, on 28 June 1641. In February, 1645, Whitmore's home Apley Hall was taken by the Parliamentarians under Sir John Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Charlton Whitmore
Thomas Charlton Whitmore (5 January 1807 – 13 March 1865) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1852. Whitmore was the eldest son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park and his wife Catherine Thomasson. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to 1831. Whitmore married Lady Louisa Anne Douglas, daughter of Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and Lady Caroline Scott, on 11 April 1833. At the 1832 general election Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth. He held the seat until 1852. He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1863. Whitmore vigorously opposed the construction of the Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The heritage line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route, and c ... whose proposed route ran through the Apley Park estate, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitmore (died 1682)
Thomas Whitmore may refer to: * Thomas Whitmore (1599–1677), English lawyer and politician * Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846), English Whig MP for Bridgnorth *Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet (1612–1653), English MP for Bridgnorth *Thomas Charlton Whitmore (1807–1865), English Conservative politician *Sir Thomas Whitmore (died 1682), English MP for Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ... * Thomas Whitmore (died 1773), English MP for Bridgnorth * Thomas Whitmore (younger) (c. 1742–1795), English MP for Bridgnorth *Thomas J. Whitmore, fictional President of the United States from the 1996 film '' Independence Day'' {{hndis, Whitmore, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgnorth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP). Boundaries According to the 1881 census, the borough of Bridgnorth comprised the parishes of Quatford, part of Quatt, St. Leonard and St Mary (in Bridgnorth town), Astley Abbotts, Eardingdon, Oldbury, Romsley and Tasley. This was smaller than the municipal borough, which only contained the first four. History By the eighteenth century Bridgnorth had one of the widest franchises in England, consisting of "the burgesses and freement within and without the borough". There were more than a thousand voters in the contested elections of 1727, 1734 and 1741Pages 242 to 243,Lewis Namier, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitmore (died 1773)
Sir Thomas Whitmore (21 December 1711 – 1773) of Apley, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754. Early life Whitmore was the second but eldest surviving son of William Whitmore of Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire and Apley, Shropshire, and his wife Anne Weld, daughter of Sir John Weld, MP, of Willey, Shropshire. In 1725 he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father. He married Anne Cope, daughter of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet of Bruern Abbey, Oxfordshire. Career At the 1734 British general election, Whitmore was returned on the family interest as Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth soon after coming of age. He was appointed recorder of Bridgnorth in 1735, retaining the post for the rest of his life. In Parliament, he spoke against a place bill in 1735, and voted against the Spanish convention in 1739, having been persuaded by the Prince of Wales who was in the House canvassing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitmore (younger)
Thomas Whitmore (c. 1742–1795), was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 24 years from 1771 to 1795. Whitmore was the son of Charles Whitmore a wine merchant of Southampton and his wife Mary Kelly. He joined the army and was Ensign in the 9th Foot in 1759. In 1761 was serving in the Grenadier Guards. He became captain in the 9th Foot in 1762 and major in 1767. He married firstly his cousin Mary Whitmore daughter of Thomas Whitmore of Apley, formerly MP, in June 1770. In 1771 Whitmore was elected in a by-election as Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth, where a Whitmore was usually MP over two centuries. He succeeded to his uncle's estate at Apley Hall in 1773 and retired from the army. By 1774 he was his own patron and his election was unopposed in the 1774 general election. His first wife died in 1776 and he married again in January 1780 to Mary Foley, daughter of Captain Thomas Foley RN of Stockton, Shropshire. He was returned again as MP f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
