Thomas Seaton Forman
Member of Parliament
for Bridgwater
In office
29 June 1841 – 29 July 1847
Serving with Henry Broadwood
Preceded byHenry Broadwood
Philip Courtenay
Succeeded byCharles Kemeys-Tynte
Henry Broadwood
Personal details
Born1791
Died30 December 1850(1850-12-30) (aged 58–59)
Pisa, Italy
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Thomas Seaton Forman (1791 – 30 December 1850)[1] was a British Conservative politician.[2]

Forman was the son of William Forman (baptised 1767 and died in 1829), and Mary née Seaton.[3]

Encouraged by his involvement in his family's iron trade, Forman was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgwater at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[2][3][4]

Over the years, he used his inherited wealth to indulge in collecting antiques and objets d'art, before his death in 1850 in Pisa, Italy. He left behind a widow, Elizabeth née Moore, but no children, with the majority of the family wealth being passed to his unmarried brother, William Henry Forman.[3]

In 1849, Forman purchased Pippbrook House in Dorking, Surrey. When he died (just over a year later), the property was inherited by his brother, William Henry Forman.[5]

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (30 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 30. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c Ince, Laurence (2004). "Forman family (per. 1784 – c. 1870)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56536. Retrieved 28 October 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  5. ^ Docking, Jim (2015). Pippbrook House. Dorking: Dorking Local History Group. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-1-87-091240-2.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byHenry BroadwoodPhilip Courtenay Member of Parliament for Bridgwater 1841–1847 With: Henry Broadwood Succeeded byCharles Kemeys-TynteHenry Broadwood
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