Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake

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Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (16 March 1783 – 23 March 1852) was a British Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt and brother of William Tyrwhitt-Drake, MP. He was educated at Westminster School and Brasenose College, Oxford (1801) and succeeded his father in 1810.

He was a captain in the South Bucks Yeomanry in 1803. He was elected MP for Amersham in 1805, aitting until 1832, when the Amersham constituency was disenfranchised. The Tyrwhitt-Drake family lived at Shardeloes House, Amersham, He was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for 1836–37.

He married Barbara Caroline, the daughter of Arthur Annesley of Bletchington Park, Oxfordshire, with whom he had 4 sons and 8 daughters.

References

"TYRWHITT DRAKE, Thomas (1783-1852), of Shardeloes, nr. Amersham, Bucks.". History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt-Drake William Drake	Member of Parliament for Amersham 1805 – UK general election, 1832 With: Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt-Drake (1805–1810) William Tyrwhitt-Drake (1810-1832)	Succeeded by Constituency abolished

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Name	Tyrwhitt-Drake, Thomas
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	16 March 1783
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Date of death	23 March 1852
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