Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet (6 October 1766 – 15 January 1792) was a
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politician.
Early life
The son of Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet and Sarah Edwards, he succeeded to his father's
baronetcy
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in 1780. Cave was educated at the
Christ Church, Oxford
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, where he matriculated in 1785.
Career
His grandfather had represented
Leicestershire
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in the
Parliament
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of 1741, before Cave was chosen in 1790, on the retirement of
John Peach-Hungerford, on the same independent interest through the support of
Lord Harborough, his future father-in-law.
Cave made no mark in Parliament, where he supported Pitt, and was listed hostile to the repeal of the Test Act in Scotland in April 1791.
Personal life
On 3 June 1791, Sir Thomas was married to Lady Lucy Sherard (d. 1858), daughter of
Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough
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Early life
Born on 21 October 1719, he was one of six sons and eight daughters born to Phi ...
and the former Jane Reeve, the daughter of his friend William Reeve of
Melton Mowbray
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.
After a short illness, he died, aged only 25 on 15 January 1792. He was buried in
Stanford on Avon
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in
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
on 27 January 1792. He was succeeded by his younger brother Charles. After his death, his widow remarried to the Hon.
Philip Bouverie-Pusey
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Early life
Pusey was born Philip Bouverie on 8 October 1746 in Westminster, London. He was the only surviving son of Jacob Bouverie and, his second ...
(1746-1828), the eldest son of
Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone
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Early life
Lord Folkestone was born Jacob des Bouverie and baptised on 14 ...
, by his second wife, the Hon. Elizabeth Marsham (eldest daughter of
Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney
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), in 1798.
References
1766 births
1792 deaths
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
British MPs 1790–1796
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Leicestershire
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