Christopher Theron Tower (2 May 1804 – 3 March 1884) was an English landowner and politician.
Biography
He was born at
Gadebridge
Gadebridge is a district of Hemel Hempstead
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, the eldest son of
Christopher Thomas Tower of
Weald Hall
Weald Country Park is a 700-year-old, 500 acre (2 km²) country park in South Weald in the borough of Brentwood in the English county of Essex. It is on the north-east fringe of Greater London.
Weald manor, parts of which dated to the 1 ...
, Essex, and was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
, established = (Royal Charter)
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school
, religion = Church of E ...
and
Oriel College, Oxford
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. From 1826 to 1836 he served with the
7th Hussars, reaching the rank of captain. In 1836 he married Lady Sophia, eldest daughter of
John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow
John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH (19 August 1779 – 15 September 1853) was a British Peer and Tory politician.
Life
Cust was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and his second wife, Frances. He was educated at Eton (1788–93) and ...
. He lived at Huntsmoor Park, Buckinghamshire, and in a by-election in 1845 he was elected to Parliament for
the county
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Cast
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, without a contest. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire in 1846. A Conservative, in the debate on the repeal of the
Corn Laws
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he voted in favour of agricultural protection, and was a member of the
Carlton Club
The Carlton Club is a private members' club in St James's, London. It was the original home of the Conservative Party before the creation of Conservative Central Office. Membership of the club is by nomination and election only.
History
The ...
and
Boodle's
Boodle's is a London gentlemen's club, founded in January 1762, at No. 50 Pall Mall, London, by Lord Shelburne, the future Marquess of Lansdowne and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
History
The club was originally based next door to Wi ...
. He did not stand in the
general election of 1847.
[Michael Stenton ed., ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'' (1976) vol. I, p. 381.]
References
1804 births
1884 deaths
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
7th Queen's Own Hussars officers
High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire
Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire
UK MPs 1841–1847
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
People from Hemel Hempstead
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