Thomas Paget (politician, born 1807)

For other people named Thomas Paget, see Thomas Paget (disambiguation).

Thomas Tertius Paget (27 December 1807 – 16 October 1892)[1] was an English banker and Liberal Party politician.

Paget was the eldest son of the banker and Whig politician Thomas Paget (1778–1862)[2] and his wife Anne Pares. He was a partner in Leicester Bank and became a J. P. and a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire and High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1869.[3]

Paget was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Southern Division of Leicestershire at a by-election in November 1867, filling the vacancy caused by the death of the Conservative Party MP Charles William Packe.[4] However, he was defeated at the 1868 general election, and was unsuccessful both at a further by-election in 1870 and at the 1874 general election. He finally regained the seat, after a twelve-year absence from the House of Commons, at the 1880 general election,[4] and when the constituency was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, he was elected at the 1885 general election for the new Harborough Division of Leicestershire.[5] He retired from Parliament at the 1886 general election.

Paget died at the age of 84, having married Katharine Geraldine MacCausland, daughter of Marcus MacCausland of Dreenagh, County Londonderry, in 1850.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Papers relating to the Paget family". National Archives website. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  3. 1 2 "Debrett's House of Commons". archive.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 417. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 334. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Viscount Curzon
Charles William Packe		 Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire
1867 – 1868
With: Viscount Curzon		 Succeeded by
Viscount Curzon
Albert Pell
Preceded by
Albert Pell
William Unwin Heygate		 Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire
1880 – 1885
With: Albert Pell		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Harborough
1885 – 1886 		Succeeded by
Thomas Tapling


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