Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British
peer, previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Katherine Blundell, daughter of the art collector
Henry Blundell.
Career
In 1817, he went to study at
Paris University
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.
Thomas Stonor sat as a
Member of Parliament for
Oxford
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for the
Whigs from 1832 to 1833. His election was declared void following an
election petition
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and his brother-in-law,
Charles Towneley
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unsuccessfully stood at the
by-election that followed.
He was
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.
He succeeded to his title in 1839, after
Queen Victoria
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terminated its abeyance in his favour. He was the appointed Lord-in-Waiting to
the Queen from 1846 to 1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868 to 1874.
Family
Thomas married Frances
Towneley, daughter of
Peregrine Edward Towneley (1762–1846) and Charlotte Drummond of
Towneley Hall,
Burnley
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on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue:
* Charlotte (1822–1875), nun;
* Catherine (1823–1907), unmarried;
* Thomas (1824–1865), married Catherine Coulthurst, no issue;
* John (1825-1826)
* William (1826-1827)
* Robert (1828-1828)
* Francis (1829–1881), married Eliza Peel (a daughter of British Prime Minister
Robert Peel
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), their eldest son was
Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys;
* Eliza (1830–1860), married Henry Silvertop;
*
Edmund
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, a Catholic archbishop;
* Maria (1832–1914), married
Charles Smythe, 7th Baronet;
* Agnes (1833–1887);
* Harriet (1836–1914), married
Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden, had issue;
* Caroline (1837–?), nun;
* Margaret (1839–1894), married Edward Pereira, had issue;
* Eleanor (1842–1886), nun;
Death
Baron Camoys died on 18 January 1881. As his eldest son, Francis, had died a week before him, he was succeeded by his grandson, another
Francis
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.
Line of descent from earlier Baron de Camoys
*
Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (m. Elizabeth Louches)
**Sir Richard de Camoys (m. Joan Poynings)
***
Hugh de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys
***Margaret de Camoys (m. Ralph Radmylde)
****Margaret Radmylde (m. John Goring)
*****John Goring (m. Joan Hewster)
******John Goring (m. Constance Dyke)
*******William Goring (m. Elizabeth Covert)
********Henry Goring (m. Dorothy Everard)
*********William Goring (m. Ann Burbridge)
**********Henry Goring (m. Eleanor Kingsmill)
***********
Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet (m. Eleanor Francis)
************Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet (m. Mary Chamberlain)
*************Ann Goring (m. Richard Biddulph)
**************John Biddulph (m. Mary Arundell)
***************Mary Biddulph (m. Thomas Stonor (1710–1772))
****************Charles Stonor (1737–1781) (m. Mary Blount)
*****************Thomas Stonor (1766–1831) (m. Catherine Blundell)
******************Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys
Ancestry
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles and Williamson, David. "Camoys, Baron (Stonor) (Baron E 1383)." Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995. p. 208,
*Bence-Jones, Mark. ''The Catholic Families''. London: Constable, 1992
External links
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1797 births
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