Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones

Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet (1 September 1765 – 26 November 1811)[1] of Stanley Hall, Shropshire, was a British politician.

He was the eldest son of Captain John Tyrwhitt, RN, of Netherclay House, Bishop's Hull, Somerset and educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his cousin Sir Thomas Jones in 1782, adopting the additional surname of Jones in 1790.[2]

He was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1790 to June 1791. Jones subsequently represented several other constituencies. He was MP for Denbigh Boroughs from January 1797 to 1802; Athlone from 22 August 1803 to 1806; and Shrewsbury from 1807 to 26 November 1811. He was created a baronet on 3 October 1808.[2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800.[3]

He died at his residence, Clarence Lodge near Roehampton, now in south-west London. He had married Harriet Rebecca, the daughter of Edward Williams of Eaton Mascott, Shropshire, with whom he had three sons and two daughters,[2] one of whom married John Mytton in 1818.[4] He was succeeded by Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones, 2nd Baronet, MP for Bridgnorth and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1816–1817.

References

1. "House of Commons". Leigh Rayment. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
2. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/jones-thomas-1765-1811
3. "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
4. "Jack Mytton". Bye-gones Relating to Wales and the Border Counties: 294. February 1900. hdl:10107/2099670.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Welbore Ellis John Purling Sir Thomas Rumbold Gabriel Steward	Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1790–1791 With: Sir James Murray Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone Andrew Stuart	Succeeded by Sir James Murray Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone Andrew Stuart Sir James Johnstone
Preceded by Richard Myddelton	Member of Parliament for Denbigh 1797–1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Denbigh 1801–1802	Succeeded by Hon. Frederick West
Preceded by William Handcock	Member of Parliament for Athlone 1803–1806	Succeeded by George Tierney
Preceded by Hon. Henry Grey Bennet Hon. William Hill	Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1807–1811 With: Hon. William Hill	Succeeded by Hon. William Hill Hon. Henry Grey Bennet
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Stanley Hall) 1808–1811	Succeeded by Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones