Nationality British Known for 1st Baron Lilford | Name Thomas 1st Died January 26, 1800 | |
Other names Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford | ||
Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford (4 May 1743 – 26 January 1800) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
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Biography
He was the eldest son of Thomas Powys of Lilford Hall, Northamptonshire. He attended Eton College from 1755-1759 and in 1760 was admitted as fellow-commoner to King's College, Cambridge.
He succeeded his father in 1767 and was appointed was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1768-69.
Lilford was elected to the House of Commons for Northamptonshire in 1774, a seat he held until 1797. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford, of Lilford in the County of Northampton.
Personal life
The family seat was Lilford Hall, first acquired by his great-grandfather, the judge, Thomas Powys. In 1770 he sold Henley Hall to Ralph Knight, who reconstructed the house.
He died in January 1800, at 56, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas Powys.
Lord Lilford had married Mary, daughter of Galfridus Mann, in 1777 and had six sons and seven daughters. Lady Lilford died in 1823.