Harry Meysey-Thompson
Harry Meysey-Thompson | |
|---|---|
High Sheriff of Yorkshire | |
| In office 1856-1857 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1809 |
| Died | 1874 (aged 64–65) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Croft |
| Children | 5, including Ernest |
Sir Harry Stephen Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baronet (1809–1874) was Liberal Member of Parliament for Whitby between 1859 and 1865.
Biography
Thompson was well known as an agriculturalist who helped found the
Baronet Meysey-Thompson, of Kirby Hall, in the West Riding of the County of York.[3] "Meysey" was Harry Thompson's grandmother's surname.[4]
Thompson served the
North Eastern Railway (NER). He was then appointed to the first NER Board of Directors, which elected him to be the first Deputy Chairman; and in 1855, he was elected chairman of the board, in succession to James Pulleine. He remained chairman and director until his retirement in February 1874.[5]
He married Elizabeth Anne Croft, and their children included:Ernest (1859–1944) who became M.P. for Birmingham Handsworth from 1906 to 1922.[7]
References
- ^ "No. 21844". The London Gazette. 31 January 1856. p. 361.
- ^ "Harry Stephen Meysey-Thompson". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ "No. 24071". The London Gazette. 3 March 1874. p. 1453.
- ^ "Sir Harry Stephen Meysey-Thompson, 1st Bt". www.thepeerage.com. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Tomlinson, W.W. (1915). The North Eastern Railway: its Rise and Development. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid and Company. pp. 770, 771. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Thompson, Charles (THM868CM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Meysey-Thompson, Ernest (MSY877EC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harry Thompson
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- Politics and poetry: a blog post for National Poetry Day 2012 - at The Victorian Commons
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