Samuel Thomas Spry (25 July 1804 – 29 June 1868) was an English Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1832 to 1841 and who changed party and sat for four years again as a

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from 1843. Spry was the son of Admiral Thomas Davy, who changed his name to Spry, and his wife Anna-Maria Thomas. He was a member of the

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of Place and Tregolls

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. At the 1832 general election Spry was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He held the seat until 1841. He was sworn in again in 1843 when, as reported in

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, alongside 8 other parliamentarians he presented a petition for reducing the number of

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. Spry was a J.P., Deputy Lieutenant and Deputy Warden of the Stannaries, and was

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in 1849. Spry died at the age of 63.

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* 1804 births 1868 deaths UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 High Sheriffs of Cornwall Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bodmin Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub