Thomas Thornley

Thomas Thornley, sometimes spelled Thornely, (1 Apr 1781 – 4 May 1862)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

He was elected at the 1835 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton.[2] He was re-elected at the next five general elections, and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1859 general election.[2]

His friend, John Ashton Yates, was a fellow apprentice at the firm run by the William Rathbone family and also became an MP.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  2. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 338. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. ↑ Bebbington, D. W. (April 2009). "Unitarian Members of Parliament in the Nineteenth Century — A Catalogue" (PDF). Transactions of the Unitarian Historical Society. 24 (3): 54.

Further reading

  • "Memoir of the late Thomas Thornely, Esq". Christian Reformer. XVIII (CCX): 361–384. June 1862.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Fryer
William Wolryche-Whitmore		 Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton
1835 – 1859
With: Charles Pelham Villiers		 Succeeded by
Sir Richard Bethell
Charles Pelham Villiers


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