// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Sir Thomas Bernard say to his title? "You're a bar to my freedom.
Sir Thomas Tyringham Bernard, 6th Baronet (15 September 1791 – 8 May 1883)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and baronet.
Biography
[edit source]Bernard was the son of Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet and Hannah Morland and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[2] In 1816 he served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
He was elected at 1857 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury.[3] He was re-elected in 1859,[4] and held the seat until he stood down[5] at the 1865 general election.[1][2]
He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1876 on the death of his elder brother Francis.[6]
He died in 1883 at age 91 in Chelsea, London. He had married three times, firstly, Sophia Charlotte Williams (daughter of David Williams) in 1819; secondly, Martha Louisa Minshull (daughter of William Minshull) in 1840, and thirdly, Ellen Elwes in 1864. He had no children.[citation needed]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
- 1 2 The Handbook of the Court; the Peerage; and the House of Commons. 1862. p. 151. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ↑ "No. 21983". The London Gazette. 31 March 1857. p. 1182.
- ↑ "No. 22260". The London Gazette. 6 May 1859. p. 1869.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 33. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "B" (part 3)