Thomas Chaplin (MP for Stamford)

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Thomas Chaplin (17 April 1794 – 10 May 1863) was a British politician and Army officer.

The son of Charles Chaplin, Thomas lived in Blankney in Lincolnshire. He was appointed as a captain in the Coldstream Guards, and also became a lieutenant-colonel. He served overseas in the Peninsular War, but was seriously injured at the Siege of San Sebastián in 1813, and receiving a pension of £50.[1]

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1832, holding it until 1838, when he resigned by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds. Unusually for a Conservative, he supported the replacement of the Assessed Taxes by a property tax.[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stamford
1826–1831
With: Thomas Cecil 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stamford
1832–1838
With: George Finch (1832–1837)
Charles Manners (1837–1838) 		Succeeded by
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