Sir Thomas Sutton Western, 2nd Baronet (7 October 1821 – 20 June 1877)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.
Western was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge Union Society.[2] He was elected at the 1857 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon in Essex.[3] He was re-elected in 1859, but defeated at the 1865 general election.[3] Western then stood in the Eastern division of Suffolk at the 1868 general election, but did not win a seat.[4]
On 2 February 1848 he married Giulietta Romana, daughter of Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet.[5] There were no children and she died on 20 September 1850.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
- ^ "Western, Thomas Sutton (WSTN839TS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 201. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Craig, op. cit., page 462
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, 23 Sep 1850; p. 7; Issue 20601
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