Thomas Lewis (died 1736)
Thomas Lewis (c. 1679 – 22 November 1736) of Soberton, Hampshire was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1736.
Lewis was the eldest surviving son of Richard Lewis, MP, of Edington and Corsham, Wiltshire and his wife Mary James. He attended Salisbury School and succeeded his father in 1706, inheriting estates at Corsham in Wiltshire and The Van in Glamorgan.
He married firstly Anna Maria Curll, daughter of Sir Walter Curll, 1st Baronet of Soberton. She died in 1709 and he married secondly in February 1710, Elizabeth Turnour of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, with whom he had a daughter.[1] He lived at Soberton, which he inherited by his first marriage.
Lewis was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Whitchurch on 5 May 1708, but was unseated on petition on 21 December 1708. On 5 October 1710, he was returned as MP for Winchester. He was then returned for Hampshire on 26 August 1713 and for Southampton on 24 January 1715 and held the seat until 1727. He became MP for Salisbury on 19 August 1727 and then for Portsmouth on 24 April 1734 until his death.[1]
References
- ^ a b "LEWIS, Thomas (c.1679-1736), of Soberton, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 August 2018.