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Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret (12 October 1770 – 29 June 1833), styled The Honourable Thomas Fermor until 1830, was an officer in the

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who fought in the French Revolutionary and

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Early life

Fermor was the second son of

George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785), styled Viscount Leominster or Lempster until 1753, of Easton Neston house, Northamptonshire was Earl of Pomfret in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 1st Ear ...

(1722–1785), by Miss Anna Maria Drayton of Sunbury, Middlesex.

Military career

Fermor was appointed to an ensigncy in the

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. He served in

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in 1793, and was present at the

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, the sieges of Valenciennes and

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, and the

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. In 1794 he was promoted to a lieutenancy. He served in Ireland during the rebellion, and in the

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, where he took part in the several actions. On 16 March 1800 he was appointed to a company with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served with the guards in the

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until his promotion to the rank of major-general on 4 June 1813. For the

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he received a medal; he was also a knight of the Portuguese

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, which he obtained permission to accept 11 May 1813. His last commission as lieutenant-general bore the date 27 May 1825. Fermor succeeded his brother

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(1768–1830) as 4th Earl of Pomfret on 7 April 1830. Pomfret, who was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1805 and was also a

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Personal life

On 13 January 1823 Lord Pomfret married Amabel Elizabeth Borough, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Borough, 1st Baronet (1756–1837). They had two sons and two daughters and he was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son,

George Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret George William Richard Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (3 December 1824 - 8 June 1867) was an English peer. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret, who he succeeded in 1833, inheriting Easton Neston house. He died unmarried on ...

. Lord Pomfret died 29 June 1833. After his death, his widow Amabel married, secondly, in May 1834, William Thorpe, D.D., of Belgrave Chapel, Pimlico. cites: ''

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''. new ser. ii. 101

References

;Attribution * **''Gentlemen's Magazine'' volume ciii. part ii. pages 78–9 **Collins's ''Peerage'' (Brydges), iv. 207 **Burke's ''Extinct Peerage'', 1883, p. 608. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pomfret, Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl Of 1770 births 1833 deaths 4 British Army generals Fellows of the Royal Society British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars British Army personnel of the Peninsular War British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars