British peer and member of Parliament
Thomas Stonor, Baron Camoys Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British peer , previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Katherine Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell .[1]
Career
In 1817, he went to study at Paris University.
Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford for the Whigs from 1832 to 1833. His election was declared void following an election petition and his brother-in-law, Charles Towneley unsuccessfully stood at the by-election that followed.[2]
He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.[3]
He succeeded to his title in 1839, after Queen Victoria terminated its abeyance in his favour. He was the appointed Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen from 1846 to 1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868 to 1874.
Family
Thomas married Frances Towneley , daughter of Peregrine Edward Towneley (1762–1846) and Charlotte Drummond of Towneley Hall , Burnley on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue:
Charlotte (1822–1875), nun;
Catherine (1823–1907), unmarried;
Thomas (1824–1865), married Catherine Coulthurst, no issue;
John (1825-1826)
William (1826-1827)
Robert (1828-1828)
Francis (1829–1881), married Eliza Peel (a daughter of British Prime Minister Robert Peel ), their eldest son was Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys ;
Eliza (1830–1860), married Henry Silvertop;
Edmund , a Catholic archbishop;
Maria (1832–1914), married Charles Smythe, 7th Baronet ;
Agnes (1833–1887);
Harriet (1836–1914), married Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden , had issue;
Caroline (1837–?), nun;
Margaret (1839–1894), married Edward Pereira, had issue;
Eleanor (1842–1886), nun;[4]
Death
Baron Camoys died on 18 January 1881. As his eldest son, Francis, had died a week before him, he was succeeded by his grandson, another Francis .
Ancestry
Ancestors of Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys 16. Thomas Stonor (1677–1724) 8. Thomas Stonor (1710–1772) 17. Hon. Winifred Roper 4. Charles Stonor (1737–1781) 18. John Biddulph (died 1720) 9. Mary Biddulph (1710–1778) 19. Mary Arundell 2. Thomas Stonor (1766–1831) 10. Michael Blount 5. Mary Blount 1. Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys 12. Robert Blundell 6. Henry Blundell 13. Catharine Stanley 3. Catherine Blundell (died 1834) 28. Pyers Mostyn, 2nd Baronet of Talacre (died 1720) 14. George Mostyn, 4th Baronet of Talacre (died 1746) 29. Frances Selby 7. Elizabeth Mostyn 30. Charles Townley 15. Theresa Townley