Thomas Sheppard (MP)

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Thomas Sheppard (1766 – 1 June 1858)^[1] was a politician in England.

He was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly enfranchised borough of Frome in Somerset,^[2] standing as a Whig. He was re-elected in 1835 as a Conservative,^[2] and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1847 general election.^[2]

Writing about the processes of social equalization in the 19th century, George W. E. Russell recorded that Sheppard was the only member of the House of Commons to wear a pigtail after the Reform Act 1832.^[3]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 128. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
↑ George W. E. Russell, Collections & Recollections (Revised edition, Smith Elder & Co, London, 1899), at page 76.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Sheppard

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Frome 1832 – 1847	Succeeded by Robert Boyle

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Name	Sheppard, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1766
Place of birth
Date of death	1 June 1858
Place of death

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