Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace

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Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace PC (1768 – 23 February 1844) was an English politician.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Grampound from 1790 to 1796, for Penryn from 1796 to 1802, for Hindon from 1802 to 1807, for Shaftesbury from 1807 to 1812, for Weymouth from 1812 to 1813, for Cockermouth from 1813 to 1818 and again for Weymouth from 1818-1828.

He was President of the Board of Control from 1807-1816 (responsible for overseeing the British East India Company), and Vice-President of the Board of Trade from 1818 to 1823.

He was appointed as Privy Councillor in 1801, and ennobled as Baron Wallace on 2 February 1828.

His seat was at Featherstone Castle, Northumberland.

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