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Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet

1735 – 1790

British baronet (c. 1735 – 28 January 1790)

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Lived 1735 – 1790 (aged 54–55). Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet was a politician.

Sir Thomas George Skipwith, 4th Baronet (c. 1735 – 28 January 1790) of Newbold Revel Hall was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1769 to 1784.

He was the eldest son of Sir Francis Skipwith, 3rd Baronet (c. 1705–1778), of Newbold Revel. His mother Ursula, was the daughter of Thomas Cartwright MP, from Northamptonshire; her brother was William Cartwright MP. Skipwith was educated at Rugby School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire at a by-election in 1769, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Throckmorton Bromley MP. A former member of the Birmingham Bean Club, he had been recommended in 1764 as a sound Tory, but fell in with the Rockingham Whigs and voted consistently with that faction. He was re-elected in 1774, but refused to stand again in 1780, when he was returned for the borough of Steyning in Sussex. He had been given that seat by Sir John Honywood, but the two men fell out and Skipwith was not re-elected in 1784. His estates were left to his relative Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet.

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Important facts

Born
1735
Birth century
Died
1790
Occupation
Education
Trinity College, Rugby School
Positions held
Member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain
Also known as
Thomas Skipwith

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British baronet (c. 1735 – 28 January 1790)

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Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet was born in 1735.

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Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet died in 1790.

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Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet

· Wikidata: Q17180955

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