Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet

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Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh
Member of Parliament for Preston
In office
1862–1872
Preceded byR. A. Cross
Charles Grenfell
Succeeded byEdward Hermon
John Holker
Personal details
Born
Thomas George Hesketh

(1825-01-11)11 January 1825
Rufford Hall, Rufford, Lancashire
Died20 August 1872(1872-08-20) (aged 47)
Rufford Hall, Rufford, Lancashire
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Lady Arabella Fermor
(m. 1846)
Parent(s)Sir Thomas Hesketh, 4th Baronet
Annette Maria Bomford
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet (11 January 1825 – 20 August 1872) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1862 to 1872.

Early life[edit]

Hesketh was the only son of Sir Thomas Hesketh, 4th Baronet and his wife Annette Maria Bomford daughter of Robert Bomford of Rakinstown, County Meath.[1] In 1843, he inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father. His paternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Baronet, who was born in New York City in 1777. The baronetcy had been created for his uncle in 1761 with special remainder to the first Baronet's younger brother Robert, who succeeded him as second Baronet.[2]

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2]

Career[edit]

He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Lancashire and Northamptonshire and in 1848 was High Sheriff of Lancashire. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 6th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers[3] and colonel of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles).[4]

In 1862, Hesketh was elected Member of Parliament for Preston. He held the seat until his death at the age of 47 in 1872.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Portrait of his second son, Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh by Frederick Sandys, 1883.

On 10 March 1846, Hesketh married Lady Arabella Fermor at St George's, Hanover Square in London. She was the sister and heiress of George Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret, and the daughter of General Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the former Annabel Elizabeth Borough.[4] Together, they were the parents of:[2]

On the death of his unmarried brother-in-law, George, in 1867, he inherited the 5,000 acre estate of Easton Neston. In 1868, he assumed by royal licence the additional name of Fermor for himself and his second son.[4]

Sir Thomas, who spent his last years improving Easton Neston, died at age 47 on 20 August 1872 at Rufford Hall in Lancashire.[2] he is buried in Rufford Church with his tomb sculpted by Matthew Noble.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1869. p. 579. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1880. p. 224. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ Army List.
  4. ^ a b c Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  6. ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.275

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Preston
18621872
With: Charles Grenfell to 1865
Frederick Stanley 1865–68
Edward Hermon from 1868
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Henry Hesketh
Baronet
(of Rufford)
1843–1872
Succeeded by
Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh