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{{Short description|English politician}}
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'''Thomas Charles Thompson''' (18 February 1821 – 26 September 1892) was an English [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] briefly in 1874 and from 1880 to 1885.

Thompson was the son of Thomas Thompson of [[Bishopwearmouth]] and his wife Elizabeth Pemberton, daughter of Richard Pemberton of [[Sunderland]]. He was educated at [[Harrow School]]. He attended [[University College, Durham]], where he received his B.A. in 1835, his M.A. in 1840, and became a fellow in 1844.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Foster|first=Joseph|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Men-at-the-Bar/Thompson,_Thomas_Charles|title=Men-at-the-Bar|chapter=Thompson, Thomas Charles |publisher=Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd|year=1885|location=London|pages=464}}</ref> 

He was a student at the [[Middle Temple]] from 5 November 1840 and was called to the bar at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1844.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Debrett" /> He was a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] for Durham and was [[High Sheriff of Durham]] in 1869.<ref name="Debrett">[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/220/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]</ref> In 1867, he bought Ashdown Park.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History at Ashdown Park Hotel {{!}} Ashdown Park|url=https://www.ashdownpark.com/history-ashdown-park-hotel|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.ashdownpark.com}}</ref>

Thompson stood for parliament unsuccessfully at [[Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland]] in 1868 and at [[City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Durham]] in 1871. He was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for City of Durham in February 1874, but his election was declared void in May 1874. He was elected at the [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880 general election]] and held the seat until 1885.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|d|4|date=March 2012}}</ref>

Thompson died at the age of 71.

Thompson married Marianne Moore, daughter of Rev. Richard Moore, rector of Lund, [[Lancashire]], on 3 August 1854.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=Debrett/>

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