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British politician (1837–1921)

Sir Thomas Charlton Meyrick, 1st Baronet KCB (14 March 1837 – 30 July 1921), known as Thomas Charlton until 1858, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament.

Biography

Born Thomas Charlton, he was the son of St John Chiverton Charlton. He assumed by Royal licence the surname of Meyrick (which was that of his maternal grandfather Thomas Meyrick) in lieu of his patronymic in 1858. He was returned to Parliament for Pembroke in 1868, a seat he held until 1874. In 1880 he was created a Baronet, of Bush House in the Parish of St Mary in the County of Pembroke and of Apley Castle in the parish of Wellington in the County of Salop.

Mayrick served in the army, and became a lieutenant-colonel. After he had retired from the regular army, he was on 19 March 1902 appointed Honorary colonel of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion the King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).

Meyrick was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1898, and was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1910.

Family

Meyrick married Mary Rhoda (died 1924), daughter of Richard Frederick Hill, in 1860. He died in July 1921, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Frederick, himself a major in the army who commanded the first regiment of the Imperial Yeomanry, formed in 1900.

Notes

  1. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2676
  2. ^ Lundy 2014, p. 1713 § 1712 cites Mosley 2003, p. 2676
  3. "No. 22125". The London Gazette. 9 April 1858. p. 1793.
  4. "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. p. 2786.
  5. "No. 27417". The London Gazette. 18 March 1902. p. 1887.
  6. "No. 26947". The London Gazette. 14 March 1898. p. 1686.
  7. "No. 28388". The London Gazette (Supplement to the London Gazette Extraordinary). 24 June 1910. p. 4476.
  8. Lundy 2011, p. 5027 § 50270 cites Mosley 2003, p. 1918
  9. "The Auxiliary Forces - The Imperial Yeomanry". The Times. 16 January 1900. p. 5.

References

  • Lundy, Darryl (2 November 2014), Sir Thomas Charlton Meyrick, 1st Bt., The Peerage, p. 1713 § 17125 cites:
  • Lundy, Darryl (5 December 2011), Mary Rhoda Hill, The Peerage, p. 5027 § 50270 cites:
    • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107th in three volumes ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), p. 1918

Further reading

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded bySir Hugh Owen Member of Parliament for Pembroke
1868–1874 		Succeeded byEdward Reed
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Bush)
1880–1921 		Succeeded byFrederick Charlton Meyrick


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