Thomas Salusbury (Liverpool MP)
Thomas Salusbury (died 1756), born as Thomas Brereton, was a British Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
He was born the son of Edward Brereton of Chester, a saddler and innkeeper.
He was elected to Parliament as Member for Liverpool at a by-election on 20 November 1724 on the death of Langham Booth, and was then re-elected at the general election in 1727, and then again at the general election in 1734. He was mayor of Liverpool from 1733 to 1734.
His first marriage was to Mary, the daughter of Henry Trelawny, MP, of Whitley, Devon, with whom he had 4 sons and a daughter.
After his second marriage in 1731 to Catherine, daughter of Salusbury Lloyd, the MP for Flint Boroughs he changed his surname from Brereton to Salusbury by a 1748 private Act of Parliament. [1]. There were no children of the marriage, but on the death of his father-in-law in 1734 he succeeded to the latter's estates, including Shotwick Park.
He was the father of the antiquary Owen Salusbury Brereton.
References
- Eveline Cruickshanks, BRERETON (afterwards SALUSBURY), Thomas (d.1756), of Shotwick Park, nr. Chester. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Langham Booth Thomas Bootle |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1724–1729 With: Thomas Bootle |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Aston, Bt. Thomas Bootle |
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Aston, Bt. Thomas Bootle |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1734–1756 With: Richard Gildart (1734-1754) John Hardman (1754-1755) Sir Ellis Cunliffe (1755-1756) |
Succeeded by Charles Pole Sir Ellis Cunliffe |