Sir Thomas Sebright, 4th Baronet
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Sir Thomas Sebright, 4th Baronet (1692–1736) of Beechwood Park was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1736. Sebright was born on 11 May 1692, the eldest son of Sir Edward Sebright, 3rd Baronet of Besford, Worcestershire and his wife Anne Saunders, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Saunders of Beechwood, Hertfordshire. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 15 December 1702. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 3 June 1705 [1]
In November 1718, he married Henrietta Dashwood, daughter of Sir Samuel Dashwood, MP and Lord Mayor of London.[2] Sebright had inherited from his mother the Beechwood estate in Hertfordshire. He was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire at the 1715 general election. He was re-elected at the succeeding elections of 1722, 1727 and 1734.[2] Sebright died on 12 April 1736. He was a notable book collector. He left two sons, of whom Thomas inherited the baronetcy.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "'Scadden-Sheyne', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1322-1350". British History Online. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "SEBRIGHT, Sir Thomas Saunders, 4th Bt. (1692-1736), of Beechwood, Herts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 September 2018.