Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron Montfort, also known as Lord Montford, (January 1733 – 24 October 1799), was a British politician. Bromley was the only son and heir of

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and Frances Wyndham, daughter of Thomas Wyndham and sister and heiress of Sir Francis Wyndham, 4th Baronet of Trent, Somerset. He was returned to Parliament as one of the two representatives for

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in 1754, a seat he held until the following year, when he entered the

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at the age of 21 after his father had committed suicide. His seat in the Commons passed in an uncontested election to his brother-in-law Charles Cadogan, who was later raised in the peerage himself as the 1st Earl Cadogan. He bought a seven-bedroom home in

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facing the

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to serve as his home whilst on business in

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in 1783. The house was later acquired by Captain Lendy and has become Lendy Place. An adjoining road built on part of its gardens is named Montford Close.Montford or Mountford House
Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society articles in Sunbury Matters, January 2013. Accessed 16 March 2015. He died in October 1799, aged 66, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son, Henry. Lord Montfort had married Mary Anne Blake, sister of MP

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, of

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in 1772.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montfort, Thomas Bromley, 2nd Baron 1733 births 1799 deaths 2 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1754–1761