Thomas Matthias Weguelin
Thomas Matthias Weguelin (5 May 1809 – 5 April 1885)[1][2] was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1880.
Life
Weguelin was the son of William A Weguelin of
Weguelin was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Southampton at a by-election in February 1857.[4] He was re-elected at the general election in April 1857,[5] but was defeated at the 1859 general election.[6] He was returned to the Commons after a two-year absence at a by-election in July 1861[7] for Wolverhampton, and held that seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1880 general election.[8]
Weguelin died at the age of 75.
Family
Weguelin married firstly in 1837 Charlotte Poulett-Thomson, daughter of A. H. Poulett-Thomson. She died in 1840 and he married secondly in 1844, Catherine Hammersley, daughter of Charles Hammersley.[3]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
- ^ "No. 21967". The London Gazette. 13 February 1857. p. 499.
- ^ "No. 21987". The London Gazette. 10 April 1857. p. 1298.
- ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "No. 22527". The London Gazette. 5 July 1861. p. 2789.
- ^ Craig, pages 338–9
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