Thomas Salusbury (died 1756), of Shotwick Park, near Chester, born as Thomas Brereton, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1724 and 1756. He was also

Lord Mayor of Liverpool The office of Lord Mayor of Liverpool has existed in one form or another since the foundation of Liverpool as a borough by the Royal Charter of King John in 1207, simply being referred to as the Mayor of Liverpool. The position is now a most ...

. Brereton was the son of Edward Brereton of Chester, a saddler and innkeeper, and his wife Mary Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, a barber of Chester. He married Mary Trelawny, the daughter of

Henry Trelawny Brigadier-General Henry Trelawny (ca. 1658 – 8 January 1702) was a British Army officer of Cornish descent, a Member of Parliament and Vice-Admiral of Cornwall. Origins He was the seventh and youngest son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Barone ...

, MP, of Whitley, Devon, before 1714.Eveline Cruickshanks
BRERETON (afterwards SALUSBURY), Thomas (d.1756), of Shotwick Park, nr. Chester.
in '' The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754''. Brereton's marriage gave him considerable electoral interest at Liverpool. He was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Liverpool at a by-election on 20 November 1724 on the death of Langham Booth, and was then elected in a contest at the general election in 1727. He was appointed Commissioner for victualling the navy in 1729 but lost his seat in Parliament at the consequent by-election on 28 May 1729. Brereton made a second marriage in about 1731 to Catherine Lloyd, daughter of

Salusbury Lloyd Salusbury Lloyd (died 26 December 1734), of Leadbrook, Flintshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734. Lloyd was christened John Lloyd. He married, by licence dated 9 May 1695, Letitia Salusbury, heir ...

of Leadbrook, Flintshire, the MP for Flint Boroughs. He was mayor of Liverpool for the year 1733 to 1734. On the death of his father-in-law in 1734 he succeeded to the latter's estates, including Shotwick Park. He was elected MP for Liverpool again at the general election in 1734 and was returned unopposed in

1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. * February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a spe ...

. He resigned his office as Commissioner for victualling in 1747 in accordance with the Place Act of 1742, which made it incompatible with a seat in the House of Commons, and was returned unopposed for Liverpool again at the

1747 general election Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...

. He was also given a secret service pension of £500 p.a. He changed his surname from Brereton to Salusbury by a 1748 private Act of Parliament.Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1748 (22 Geo. 2). c. 47
/ref> He was returned successfully for Liverpool in a contest at the

1754 general election Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...

. Salusbury died on 9 March 1756. There were no children from his second marriage, but he had four sons and a daughter by his first wife. His son

Owen Salusbury Brereton Owen Salusbury Brereton, (1715 – 8 September 1798), born Owen Brereton, was an English antiquary. Life Brereton was born in London in 1715, the son of Thomas Brereton, M.P. for Liverpool, by his first wife, Miss Trelawney. His father had inheri ...

became an MP and antiquary.

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