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TRELAWNY, EDWARD, fourth son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); bapt. 9 Jul 1699; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1713; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 - vacated 11 Jul 1721, when re-entered as gentleman commoner; adm. Inner Temple 2 Jun 1715; MP West Looe 20 Jan 1724 - Dec 1732; a Commissioner for Victualling 21 Oct 1725 – 9 Mar 1732/3; a Commissioner of Customs, Scotland 1732-7; elected MP for both West and East Looe at general election 1734, but disqualified for sitting for either, as being a Commissioner of Customs; Governor of Jamaica 30 Apr 1738 - Sep 1752; an able and efficient administrator; settled the Maroons; Col., 49th Foot, from 25 Dec 1743; took part in expedition against Cartagena 1742 and in capture of Port Louis, San Domingo 1748; returned to England 1753; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1737 Amoretta, dau. of John Crawford (and “niece to Countess of Dartmouth” (GM)); m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1752 Catherine, widow of Robert Penny, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and dau. of John Douce, Clarendon, Jamaica; d. 16 Jan 1754. DNB. [Perhaps Lieut., 6th Dragoons 1724-6].

TOWNSHEND, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Townshend, Castle Townshend, co. Cork, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Henry Becher, Creagh [check county]; b.; adm. (aged 16) Nov 1747 (Hart's); left 1749; High Sheriff, co. Cork 1753; MP (I) Co. Cork from 1759; a Commissioner of Excise (I) from 22 Jan 1773, and of Revenue (I) from 25 Dec 1773; m. 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of John Fitzgerald, 15th Knight of Kerry; d. 23 Dec 1783.

TOWNSEND-FARQUHAR, SIR ROBERT TOWNSEND, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Oct 1776; adm. 6 Jun 1787; KS 1789; Writer, EICS Madras 10 Sep 1793; Assistant to Accountant, Board of Revenue 1796; Assistant to Resident, Amboyna (now Ambon, Indonesia) and Banda 1797, Deputy Commercial Resident 1798, Commercial Resident 1798-1802; Commissioner for adjusting British claims in the Moluccas 1802; Lieut. -Gov., Prince of Wales Island 1804-6; Governor of Mauritius 1810-23, where he successfully suppressed the slave trade; created baronet 21 Aug 1821; assumed additional surname of Townsend 19 Jul 1824; MP Newton (Lancs. ) Feb 1825-6, Hythe from 1826; Director, East India Co., 1826-8; author, Suggestions for counteracting any injurious effects upon the population of the West Indian colonies from the abolition of the Slave Trade 1807; m. 10 Jan 1809 Maria Frances Geslip, second dau. of Joseph Francis Louis de Latour, firm Francis Latour & Co, agents, Madras; d. 16 Mar 1830. DNB.

TOMLINSON, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD MURRAY, BART., eldest son of Thomas Tomlinson, Heysham, Lancs., barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, and Sarah, only child of Rev. Roger Mashiter, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancs.; b. 4 Aug 1838; adm. 29 Jan 1852; QS Mar 1854; left 1855; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1856; BA 1860; MA 1863; adm. Inner Temple 30 Mar 1860, called to bar 26 Jan 1865; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Apr 1878; law reporter in Chancery Division for Incorporated Council; member, Inns of Court Board of Examiners 1877; MP (Conservative) Preston Nov 1882-1906; created baronet 11 Aug 1902; of Heysham House, Morecambe, Lancs.; DL JP Lancashire; Senior Grand Deacon, Grand Lodge (Freemasons), from 1896; first Master, Old Westminster Lodge, which was consecrated 20 Jan 1888; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1896; d. unm. 17 Dec 1912.

THOROTON, THOMAS, son of Robert Thoroton, Screveton, Notts., and Mary, widow of Rev. Abraham Blackborne, Rector of Screveton, Notts., and dau. of Sir Richard Levett, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. St. Margaret in the Close, Lincoln 1 Jan 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1735/6 (Playford's); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, scholar 30 Dec 1741, adm. 10 Feb 1741/2; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1745 [check]; managed the estates and political and business affairs of his father-in-law John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland; MP Boroughbridge 15 Jan 1757-61, Newark 1761-8, Bramber 14 Feb 1769 - Jan 1782; maintained a constant correspondence with his brother-in-law John Manners, Marquis of Granby, during Seven Years War; Secretary, Board of Ordnance 1763-70; continued to manage the Rutland estates for the 4th Duke of Rutland; his correspondence is preserved at Belvoir Castle (HMC 12th Report, Appendix, pt. v, and 14th Report, Appendix, pt. i); m. 6 Oct 1751 Roosilia Drake, illegitimate dau. of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC; d. 9 May 1794.

THELWALL, SIR EUBULE, fifth son of John Wynn Thelwall, Batharfan Park, near Ruthin, Denbighshire, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Griffith, Pant-y-Llongdu, Denbighshire; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1563 (tutor, the Dean); QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1572, adm. scholar 1573; BA 1576/7 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1579 ); MA Oxford 1580; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Jul 1590, called to bar 13 May 1599, Bencher 7 Feb 1623/4, Treasurer 1625; a Master in Chancery from 11 Jan 1617; knighted 29 Jun 1619; Principal, Jesus Coll. Oxford, from May 1621; obtained a new charter for his college in 1622, and rebuilt the Principal’s Lodgings there at his own expense; MP Denbighshire 1623-4, 1625-6, 1627-8; d. unm. 8 Oct 1630. DNB.

TEMPLER, GEORGE, brother of John Templer (qv); b.; adm. 10 Oct 1768; KS (aged 15) 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1770 [check]; Writer, EICS Bengal 1773; Assistant Deputy Commissary-General 1774; Factor and Contractor for Elephants 1779; Commissioner for regulating the Price of Grain 1783; Senior Merchant 1784; returned to England 1785; partner, firm Edwards Smith Templer & Co., bankers, London, until the firm’s failure in 1817; MP Honiton 1790-6; returned to India 13 May 1817; Commercial Resident, Jangipur, from 1818; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 5 Mar 1781 Jane, eldest dau. of Henry Paul, West Monckton, Somerset; d. in India 5 Jul 1819.

TEMPEST, JOHN, only son of John Tempest MP, Wynyard, co. Durham, and Frances, eldest dau. of Richard Shuttleworth MP, Gawthorpe, Lancs.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1749/50 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Oct 1758; MP Durham from 1768; m. 25 May 1767 Anne, dau. of Joseph Townsend MP, Honington, Warwickshire; d. 13 Aug 1794.

SUTTON, SIR RICHARD, BART., brother of John Sutton (adm. 1740/1, qv); b. 31 Jul 1733; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Morel's); the friend of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv), with whom he read through the Iliad and the Odyssey when at school (Southey, Cowper, i, 106); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens, 25 Jan 1749/50, scholar 11 may 1750, readm. as fellow commoner 11 Nov 1751, matr. 1750; MA 1753; when he went up to Trinity Coll. Warburton introduced him by letter to Hurd as “a perfect boy, in the simplicity of his manners, but of surprizing acquirements. Besides his knowledge of the ancient languages he speaks and writes Spanish and French with great exactness, understands Italian, and is now learning High Dutch” (Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, v, 542, note); probably Grand Tour (at Capua with brother John in 1753 ?); adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1754; migr. to Inner Temple 9 Feb 1759, called to bar 29 Jun 1759, sold chambers there 12 Jun 1782; Counsel to Board of Ordnance; Under-Secretary of State Aug 1766 – Sep 1772; a Commissioner of the Privy Seal Feb – Mar 1768; MP St. Albans 1768-80, Sandwich 1780-4, Boroughbridge 1784-96; succeeded brother to Norwood Park estate, Notts., 1772; created baronet 14 Oct 1772; a Lord of the Treasury 6 Sep 1780 – Mar 1782; m. 1st, 28 Jun 1765 Susanna, eldest dau. of Philip Champion de Crespigny, Proctor, Court of Arches; m. 2nd, 7 Feb 1767 Anne, dau. of William Peers Williams, Cadhay, Devon; m. 3rd, 8 Apr 1793 Margaret, dau. of John Porter, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 10 Jan 1802.

STOTE, BERTRAM, son of Sir Richard Stote, Kt, Jesmond Hall, Northumberland, Serjeant-at-Law, and Margaret, dau. of Henry Holmes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, merchant; bapt. 8 Feb 1674/5; adm.; KS 1688; left 1693; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1693, aged 17, matr. 1693; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 may 1691; member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Jan 1700; MP Northumberland 1702-5; inherited Whitchester estate on death of his uncle Henry Holmes in 1706; unm.; buried St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 Jul 1707.