Thomas James Ireland (10 January 1792 – 2 July 1863) was a British Conservative politician. Born in

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, Ireland was the only son of Thomas Ireland. He was admitted to

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of 1810, became a scholar there in 1811, and then graduated as a

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in 1814, and a

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in 1817. In 1832, he was admitted to

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. Ireland married Elizbeth Welby, daughter of

Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Baronet Lieutenant Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1768 – 3 November 1852) was a British land-owner, baronet and Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1807 to 1820. He also served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1823 to 1824. E ...

and Wilhelmina née Spry in 1829, and they had at least six children: Thomas Ireland (b. 1830); Elizabeth Mary Ireland (b. 1831); Agnes Ireland (b. 1833); Beatrice Ireland (b. 1839); Emily Ireland (b. 1840); and Caroline Charlotte Ireland (1844–1913). Ireland was elected Conservative

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(MP) for Bewdley at the 1847 general election, but he was unseated in March the next year for "bribery and corrupt treating". He was also a

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and Deputy Lieutenant for

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before his death in London in 1863.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland, Thomas James UK MPs 1847–1852 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1792 births 1863 deaths Members of Gray's Inn Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Politicians from London English justices of the peace Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk