Thomas Hanmer (died 1737)
Thomas Hanmer (c. 1702–1737), of
House of Commons
from 1734 to 1737.
Hanmer was the eldest son of William Hanmer of Fenns, Shropshire and his wife Esther Jennens, daughter of Humphrey Jennens of Gopsall, Leicestershire. He was admitted at
Oxford University in 1731.[1][2] He married (with £6,000), Lady Catherine Perceval, daughter of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont on 9 April 1733.[3]
At the 1734 British general election, Hanmer was returned as Member of parliament for Castle Rising on the Howard interest. He was presumably a Tory [3]
Hanmer was the prospective heir of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, but died without issue of tuberculosis on 1 April 1737.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Hanmer, Thomas (HNMR720T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Vol. 2. Oxford: Parker. p. 600 – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "Hanmer, Thomas (c.1702-37)". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
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