Thomas Cranley Onslow

Thomas Cranley Onslow (7 October 1778 – 7 July 1861) was a British politician and British Army officer, the second son of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow.

He married Susannah Elizabeth Hillier on 28 May 1813, and they had several children:

  • George Augustus Cranley Onslow (1813–1855), married Mary Harriet Anne Loftus in 1848, father of William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow
  • Guildford James Hillier Onslow (1814–1882), later Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow, married his distant cousin Rosa Anna Onslow in 1838
  • Lt-Col. Arthur Edward Onslow (1815–1897), later Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow, married Margaret Anne Ferrers in 1846 and had issue
  • Thomas Frederick Onslow (15 January 1821 – 15 July 1883)
  • Charles? Townshend Onslow (30 May 1822 – 28 February 1823)
  • Susannah Augusta Arabella Onslow (8 November 1816 – 12 June 1899)
  • Elizabeth Harriet Onslow (17 October 1817 – 19 July 1824)
  • Harriet Charlotte Matilda Onslow (20 April 1826 – 11 July 1885)

Onslow served in the Scots Fusilier Guards. rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was posted to the Cadiz garrison as a captain in 1810.[1] He was later Colonel of the 2nd Surrey Militia, up until 1852.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Viscount Cranley
Chapple Norton
Member of Parliament for Guildford
1806–1818
With: George Holme Sumner 1806–1807
Chapple Norton 1807–1812
Arthur Onslow 1812–1818
Succeeded by
Arthur Onslow
Sir William Best


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