| 词条 | Thomas Edwards (MP) |
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Thomas Edwards (c. 1673 – c. 1745) of Filkins Hall, Oxfordshire, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1735. Edwards was the eldest son of Thomas Edwards of Redland and Broad Street, Bristol, and his first wife. His father was an attorney-at-law. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 29 October 1691, aged 18 and was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1693. He was awarded BCL at Hart Hall Oxford, and called to the bar in 1698.[1] He married Mary Hayman, the daughter of Sir William Hayman, merchant and mayor of Bristol in about 1703.[2] In about 1704 he moved to Broadwell Parish and acquired Filkins Hall.[3] Edwards was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol at the 1713 general election after a turbulent contest but was defeated at the next election in 1715.[2] He was elected MP for Wells in Somerset at a by-election on 14 December 1719, and topped the poll there at the 1722 general election. He was made a bencher of his Inn in 1724. He was elected MP for Wells again in 1727 and was initially returned at the 1734 general election However he was unseated on petition on 25 March 1735, due to some irregularities in the poll.[4] [5]Edward died intestate in around June 1743 and left three daughters.[4] References1. ^{{cite web |url = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp440-479 |title='Eade-Eyton', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 440-479.| author= Foster, Joseph |publisher= British History Online | accessdate = 31 December 2018 }} {{s-start}}{{s-par|uk}}{{succession box2. ^1 {{cite web| url = https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/edwards-thomas-1673-1743| title= EDWARDS, Thomas (c.1673-by 1743), of the Middle Temple and Filkins Hall, Oxon.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)| accessdate = 7 September 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol17/pp59-87 |title= 'Broadwell Parish: Filkins', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17|author= Simon Townley |publisher= British History Online| accessdate = 31 December 2018 }} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/edwards-thomas-1673-1743|title=EDWARDS, Thomas (?1673-1743), of the Middle Temple, London, and Filkins Hall, Oxon.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate=18 August 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news |work=La Gazette |language=French |title=De Londres, le 14 Avril 1735 |date=23 April 1735 |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6235929n/f11.image.r=%22Thomas%20Edwards%22.langEN |page=201}} | title = Member of Parliament for Bristol | with = Joseph Earle | years = 1713–1715 | before = Edward Colston and Joseph Earle | after = Sir William Daines and Joseph Earle }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Wells | with = William Piers, to 1722; Francis Gwyn, 1722–1727; Edward Prideaux Gwyn, 1727–1734; William Piers, 1729–1734; George Hamilton, 1734–1735 | years = 1719–1735 | before = John Dodd and William Piers | after = William Piers and George Speke }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Thomas}}{{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub}} 10 : 1670s births|1740s deaths|People from Bristol|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford|Members of the Middle Temple|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1713–15|British MPs 1715–22|British MPs 1722–27|British MPs 1727–34 |
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