Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh
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Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh (17 November 1881–20 July 1944), known as Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Baronet, from 1924 to 1935, was a British peer, soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Hesketh was the son of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet, and Florence Emily Sharon, daughter of U.S. Senator William Sharon. He was educated at Eton, the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He achieved the ranks of 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, Captain in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry and Honorary Major in the Territorial Army and also served as a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and for Northamptonshire. Hesketh sat briefly as a Member of Parliament for Enfield from 1922 to 1923 and was later High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1932. He succeeded his father as eighth Baronet of Ruffield in 1924 and in 1935 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hesketh, of Hesketh in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Lord Hesketh married Florence Louise Breckinridge, daughter of John Witherspoon Breckinridge, in 1909. They had three sons and two daughters. Their eldest son Lieutenant the Hon. Thomas Sharon Fermor-Hesketh was killed in an aeroplane accident in France in 1937. Lord Hesketh died in July 1944, aged 62, and was succeeded in his titles by his second son Frederick. His grandson Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, is a former Conservative government minister. Lady Hesketh died 1956.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Ferryman Bowles |
Member of Parliament for Enfield 1922–1923 |
Succeeded by William Henderson |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Hesketh | Succeeded by Frederick Fermor-Hesketh |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh |
Baronet (of Rufford) |
Succeeded by Frederick Fermor-Hesketh |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
