Sir Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet FRS (1 September 1765 – 26 November 1811) of Stanley Hall, Shropshire, was a British politician.

Early life

Tyrwhitt was born on 1 September 1765. He was the eldest son of Captain John Tyrwhitt, RN, of Netherclay House, Bishop's Hull, Somerset, and the former Katherine Booth, daughter and heiress of the Very Rev. Peniston Booth, Dean of Windsor and Katherine ( Jones) Booth (a daughter of the Revd Canon Edward Jones).

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800.

Personal life He married Harriet Rebecca, the daughter of Edward Williams of Eaton Mascott, Shropshire, with whom he had three sons and two daughters, Harriet Emma Tyrwhitt-Jones (d. 1820), who married John Mytton in 1818.

Death He died on 26 November 1811 at his residence, Clarence Lodge near Roehampton, now in south-west London. He was succeeded by Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones, 2nd Baronet, MP for Bridgnorth and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1816–1817.

Descendants Through his son Thomas, he was a grandfather of Sir Henry Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet, a Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade who married Emma Harriet Wilson, suo jure Baroness Berners.