Thomas Charlton Whitmore (5 January 1807 – 13 March 1865) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1832 to 1852. Whitmore was the eldest son of

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of Apley Park and his wife Catherine Thomasson. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to 1831. Whitmore married Lady Louisa Anne Douglas, daughter of

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and Lady Caroline Scott, on 11 April 1833. At the 1832 general election Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for

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. He held the seat until 1852. He was

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in 1863. Whitmore vigorously opposed the construction of the

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whose proposed route ran through the Apley Park estate, and was consequently involved in extensive legal battles with the Severn Valley Railway Company.The Whitmore family
/ref> The railway opened in 1862 after the Company agreed to pay Whitmore £14,000 compensation and £150 per acre for the land purchased, and also to provide a station to serve the estate. Whitmore died in 1865 at the age of 58.

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