Thomas Charles Thompson (18 February 1821 – 26 September 1892) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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briefly in 1874 and from 1880 to 1885. Thompson was the son of Thomas Thompson of

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and his wife Elizabeth Pemberton, daughter of Richard Pemberton of

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. He was educated at

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. He attended

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, where he received his B.A. in 1835, his M.A. in 1840, and became a fellow in 1844. He was a student at the

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from 5 November 1840 and was called to the bar at the

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in 1844. He was a J.P. for Durham and was

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in 1869.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
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in 1868 and at City of Durham in 1871. He was elected

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for City of Durham in February 1874, but his election was declared void in May 1874. He was elected at the 1880 general election and held the seat until 1885. Thompson died at the age of 71. Thompson married Marianne Moore, daughter of Rev. Richard Moore, rector of Lund,

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, on 3 August 1854.

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* 1821 births 1892 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 People educated at Harrow School Alumni of University College, Durham Members of the Inner Temple High Sheriffs of Durham Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the City of Durham {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub