Sir_Thomas_Tyrwhitt
Thomas Tyrwhitt (MP)
English politician
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt (1762 – 24 February 1833) was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1796 to 1812.
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, after serving as private secretary to the Prince of Wales,[1] Tyrwhitt was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Okehampton in 1796.[2] Tyrwhitt was responsible for the construction of several roads across Dartmoor, a hamlet called Princetown named in honour of the Prince of Wales, a prison for prisoners of war captured during the Napoleonic Wars now known as HM Prison Dartmoor, as well as the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway.[2] He became Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1796 and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in 1803.[3]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Portarlington in 1802 and Plymouth in 1806.[1] In retirement he became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.[4]
- Mosely, Brian (19 February 2011). "Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt (1762–1833)". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- The London Gazette, issue 15652, 3 December 1803
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Okehampton 1796–1802 With: Richard Bateman-Robson |
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Portarlington 1802–1806 |
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Plymouth 1806 – 1812 With: Sir William Elford Sir Charles Pole |
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Preceded by | Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall 1796–1803 |
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Preceded by | Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1803 – 1812 |
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Preceded by | Black Rod 1812–1832 |
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