| 词条 | Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = The Lord Lilford | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 4 May 1743 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|26 January 1800|4 May 1743}} | death_place = | nationality = British | other_names = Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford | known_for = 1st Baron Lilford | occupation = }} Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford (4 May 1743 – 26 January 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1797 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford. BiographyPowys was the eldest son of Thomas Powys of Lilford Hall, Northamptonshire. He attended Eton College from 1755-1759 and in 1760 was admitted as fellow-commoner to King's College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father in 1767 and was appointed was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1768-69. Powys was elected to the House of Commons for Northamptonshire in 1774, a seat he held until 1797.[1] The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford, of Lilford in the County of Northampton.[2] Personal lifeThe family seat was Lilford Hall, first acquired by his great-grandfather, the judge, Thomas Powys[3]. He was the son of Thomas Powys (24 Sep 1719 - 2 Apr 1767), only son heir of his gt-uncle Littleton Powys, and Henrietta Spencer ( - 1771). In 1770 he sold Henley Hall to Ralph Knight, who reconstructed the house. Lord Lilford died in January 1800, aged 56, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas Powys.[4] Lord Lilford had married Mary, daughter of Galfridus Mann, in 1772 and had six sons and seven daughters. Lady Lilford died in 1823.
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/powys-thomas-1743-1800|title= POWYS, Thomas (1743-1800), of Lilford, Northants.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 20 May 2016}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=14052 |date=7 October 1797 |page=968}} 3. ^Tim Powys-Lybbe (2010) "Thomas Powys Lord Lilford", http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps01/ps01_141.html 4. ^Tim Powys-Lybbe (2010) "Thomas Powys Lord Lilford", http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps01/ps01_141.html
| with = Lucy Knightley 1774–1784 Sir James Langham 1784–1790 Francis Dickins 1790–1797 | before=Sir John Dolben Lucy Knightley | after= Francis Dickins William Ralph Cartwright | years=1774–1797}}{{s-reg|gb}}{{succession box | title=Baron Lilford | before=New Creation | after=Thomas Powys | years=1797–1800 }}{{S-end}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lilford, Thomas Powys, 1st Baron}}{{GB-baron-stub}} 15 : 1743 births|1800 deaths|People educated at Eton College|Alumni of King's College, Cambridge|High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1774–80|British MPs 1780–84|British MPs 1784–90|British MPs 1790–96|British MPs 1796–1800|Barons Lilford|Peers of Great Britain created by George III|People from East Northamptonshire District|Presidents of the Oxford Union |
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