Frederick Thellusson, 4th Baron Rendlesham DL (6 January 1798 – 6 April 1852), was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Rendlesham was born into an English family of

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descent on 6 January 1798. He was the third son and fourth child of

Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham (13 October 1761 – 16 September 1808), was a British merchant, banker and politician. Early life Thelluson was born on 13 October 1761. He was the eldest son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London m ...

, and Elizabeth Eleanor Cornwall (a daughter of John Cornwall, a Russia merchant of Hendon, Middlesex). Among his siblings were

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(who died without male issue), Hon. George Thellusson (a Lieutenant in the

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who was

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at the

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), Hon. Caroline Thellusson (wife of Charles Crabb Boulton. William Thellusson, 3rd Baron Rendlesham (the Vicar at Aldenham who died without male issue),Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, Hon. Edmund Thellusson (1799–1818), who drowned in 1818. and Hon. Arthur Thellusson.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.:

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003: volume 3, page 3317; volume 1, page 1449. His paternal grandfather was

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, a wealthy

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merchant who was a son of Issac de Thellusson, the Genevan ambassador at Paris to the Court of

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. Among his paternal family were uncles

George Woodford Thellusson George Woodford Thellusson (2 March 1764 – 30 December 1811), was a British merchant, banker and politician. Early life Thelluson was born on 2 March 1764. He was the second son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant, and his wife Ann W ...

, MP for

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, and

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Charles Thellusson Charles Thellusson (2 February 1770 – 2 November 1815), was a British merchant, banker and politician. Early life Charles Thellusson was born on 2 February 1770. He was the third son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant, and his wife A ...

, MP for

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Career

Rendlesham succeeded his elder twin brother in the barony in 1839. As this was an

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it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the

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. He was instead elected to the

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as Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk East at a by-election in 1843, a seat he held until his death nine years later.

Personal life

On 5 June 1838, Thellusson married Elizabeth Eleanor, Lady Duff ( Prescott), widow of General Sir James Duff. Elizabeth was a daughter of Sir George Prescott, 2nd Baronet and Catherine Crichton Mills (a daughter of Sir Thomas Mills, Governor of Quebec). Together, they had one son and one daughter: * Hon. Anne Blanche Thellusson (1839–1886), who died unmarried. * Frederick William Brook Thellusson, 5th Baron Rendlesham (1840–1911), who married Lady Egidia Montgomerie, a daughter of

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. Lady Rendlesham died in December 1840. Lord Rendlesham survived her by twelve years and died in April 1852, aged 54. He was succeeded in the barony by his only son,

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