Thomas Hanmer (died 1737)

Thomas Hanmer (c. 1702–1737), of Fenns, Shropshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1737.

Hanmer was the eldest son of William Hanmer of Fenns, Shropshire and his wife Esther Jennens, daughter of Humphrey Jennens of Gopsall, Leicestershire. He was admitted at St Catharine's College, Cambridge on 25 April 1720 and was awarded BA in 1724. [1] In 1724 he succeeded to the estates of his father. He was awarded MA at Cambridge in 1729 and was incorporated at Oxford University in 1731.[1][2] He married (with £6,000), Lady Catherine Perceval, daughter of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont on 9 April 1733.[3]

At the 1734 British general election, Hanmer was returned as Member of parliament for Castle Rising on the Howard interest. He was presumably a Tory [3]

Hanmer was the prospective heir of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, but died without issue of tuberculosis on 1 April 1737.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Hanmer, Thomas (HNMR720T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888). "Hanmer, Thomas (4)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Vol. 2. Oxford: Parker. p. 600 – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ a b c Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "Hanmer, Thomas (c.1702-37)". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.