Thomas Hope ( fl. 1727 – 1734) of

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...

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, was a British Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1734. Little is known of Hope's background, but he was from Kent, and possibly a butcher. He married Catherine Saunderson, a widow of Hammersmith, at St Magnus the Martyr on 5 September 1734. Hope was returned in a contest as

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(MP) for

with government support at the

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. He voted consistently with the Administration, but was defeated at the

1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...

. He did not stand himself again, but was an active political agent on behalf of Walpole.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing Politicians from Maidstone Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub