Sir Thomas Tyringham Bernard, 6th Baronet (15 September 1791 – 8 May 1883) was a British

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politician and baronet. Bernard was the son of

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and Hannah Morland and was educated at

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and

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. In 1816 he served as

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. He was elected at 1857 general election as the

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(MP) for

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. He was re-elected in

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, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1865 general election. He succeeded to the

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cy in 1876 on the death of his elder brother Francis. He died in 1883 at age 91 in Chelsea, London. He had married three times, firstly, Sophia Charlotte Williams, daughter of David Williams in 1819; secondly, Martha Louisa Minshull, daughter of William Minshull, in 1840 and thirdly, Ellen Elwes in 1864. He had no children.

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* High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire 1791 births 1883 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub