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Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys

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Thomas Stonor, Baron Camoys

Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British peer, previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Katherine Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell.[1]

Career

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In 1817, he went to study at Paris University.

Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford for the Whigs from 1832 to 1833. His election was declared void following an election petition and his brother-in-law, Charles Towneley unsuccessfully stood at the by-election that followed.[2]

He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.[3]

He succeeded to his title in 1839, after Queen Victoria terminated its abeyance in his favour. He was the appointed Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen from 1846 to 1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868 to 1874.

Family

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Thomas married Frances Towneley, daughter of Peregrine Edward Towneley (1762–1846) and Charlotte Drummond of Towneley Hall, Burnley on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue:

  • Charlotte (1822–1875), nun;
  • Catherine (1823–1907), unmarried;
  • Thomas (1824–1865), married Catherine Coulthurst, no issue;
  • John (1825-1826)
  • William (1826-1827)
  • Robert (1828-1828)
  • Francis (1829–1881), married Eliza Peel (a daughter of British Prime Minister Robert Peel), their eldest son was Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys;
  • Eliza (1830–1860), married Henry Silvertop;
  • Edmund, a Catholic archbishop;
  • Maria (1832–1914), married Charles Smythe, 7th Baronet;
  • Agnes (1833–1887);
  • Harriet (1836–1914), married Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden, had issue;
  • Caroline (1837–?), nun;
  • Margaret (1839–1894), married Edward Pereira, had issue;
  • Eleanor (1842–1886), nun;[4]

Death

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Baron Camoys died on 18 January 1881. As his eldest son, Francis, had died a week before him, he was succeeded by his grandson, another Francis.

Line of descent from earlier Baron de Camoys

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Line of descent from earlier Baron de Camoys
  • Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (m. Elizabeth Louches)
    • Sir Richard de Camoys (m. Joan Poynings)
      • Hugh de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys
      • Margaret de Camoys (m. Ralph Radmylde)
        • Margaret Radmylde (m. John Goring)
          • John Goring (m. Joan Hewster)
            • John Goring (m. Constance Dyke)
              • William Goring (m. Elizabeth Covert)
                • Henry Goring (m. Dorothy Everard)
                  • William Goring (m. Ann Burbridge)
                    • Henry Goring (m. Eleanor Kingsmill)
                      • Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet (m. Eleanor Francis)
                        • Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet (m. Mary Chamberlain)
                          • Ann Goring (m. Richard Biddulph)
                            • John Biddulph (m. Mary Arundell)
                              • Mary Biddulph (m. Thomas Stonor (1710–1772))
                                • Charles Stonor (1737–1781) (m. Mary Blount)
                                  • Thomas Stonor (1766–1831) (m. Catherine Blundell)
                                    • Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys

Ancestry

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Notes

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  1. ^ Axon, William (1886). "Blundell, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 05. pp. 265–266.
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 233–234. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  3. ^ "No. 19353". The London Gazette. 5 February 1836. pp. 223–224.
  4. ^ Charles Mosley, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 1 (107 ed.), Burke's Peerage & Gentry, p. 659, ISBN 978-0971196629

References

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  • Kidd, Charles and Williamson, David. "Camoys, Baron (Stonor) (Baron E 1383)." Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995. p. 208, [page needed]
  • Bence-Jones, Mark. The Catholic Families. London: Constable, 1992
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oxford
1832–1833
With: James Langston
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
1836
Succeeded by
Philip Wyndham
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Abeyant
Baron Camoys
1839–1881
Succeeded by