Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci

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Lord de Vesci with his daughter Frances, 1870

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci and 4th Baron Knapton (21 September 1803 – 23 December 1875), was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician.

Background[edit]

de Vesci was the son of The 2nd Viscount de Vesci and Frances Letitia, daughter of William Brownlow.[1]

Political career[edit]

The Honourable John Vesey, as he then was, sat as Member of Parliament for the Queen's County between 1835 and 1837 and 1841 and 1852.[2] In October 1855, he succeeded his father to become The 3rd Viscount de Vesci. In 1857, as Lord de Vesci, he was elected an Irish representative peer and entered the House of Lords.

Marriage and progeny[edit]

In 1839, the future Lord de Vesci married Lady Emma Herbert (1819-October 1884),[3] youngest daughter of The 11th Earl of Pembroke. She founded the Abbeyleix Baby Linen Society, a cooperative enabling women access to affordable baby clothing.[4] By his wife he had progeny including:

Death and succession[edit]

Lord de Vesci died in December 1875, aged 72, and was succeeded by his son, John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "thepeerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
  2. ^ leigh rayment.com[usurped]
  3. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "thepeerage.com". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
  4. ^ "THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BABY". Laois Nationalist. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Queen's County
1835–1837
With: Sir Charles Coote, Bt
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Queen's County
1841–1852
With: Sir Charles Coote, Bt 1841–1847
John FitzPatrick 1847–1852
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1857–1875
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Viscount de Vesci
1855–1875
Succeeded by
Baron Knapton
1855–1875
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Baronet
(of Abbeyleix)
1855–1875
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