Thomas Rider (MP for Kent)
Thomas Rider (20 August 1785 – 6 August 1847)
Offices held
He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1829–30.[1] He was elected at the 1831 general election as a member of parliament (MP) for Kent,[2][3] and held the seat until the constituency was divided under the Reform Act 1832.[1] At the 1832 general election he was returned as an MP for the new Western division of Kent,[2][4] but at the 1835 election he polled poorly,[5] and withdrew from the election at the end of the first day of polling.[2] At the 1837 general election he contested the Eastern division of Kent,[5] but failed to unseat either of the two sitting Conservative Party MPs.[2]
Death
He died on 6 August 1847, aged 81.
Family
He had married Mary Ann Elizabeth Pinnock, but had no children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "RIDER, Thomas (1765-1847), of Boughton Monchelsea Place, nr. Maidstone, Kent". History of Parliament. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ "No. 18805". The London Gazette. 20 May 1831. p. 972.
- ^ "No. 19009". The London Gazette. 1 January 1833. p. 4.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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