About Thomas Cave
Lived 1825 – 1894 (aged 69). Thomas Cave was a British politician.
Thomas Cave (16 October 1825 – 2 November 1894) was a British Liberal politician.
Political career Cave was returned to Parliament for Barnstaple in 1865, a seat he held until 1880. He also served as Sheriff of London between 1863 and 1864 and was a Justice of the Peace for Surrey.
Family Cave married Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Shallcrass, in 1849. They had five sons, including Lord Chancellor George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave and Basil Cave, Consul-General in Zanzibar and Algiers, and five daughters, one of whom, Harriett, married the businessman and philanthropist Max Waechter. Cave died in Brighton on 2 November 1894, aged 69. Elizabeth survived him by over 30 years and died in November 1925.
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Who was Thomas Cave?
British politician (1825–1894)
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Thomas Cave was born on 16 October 1825.
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Thomas Cave died on 2 November 1894.
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Thomas Cave was a politician.
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Thomas Cave was British.
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· DBpedia: Thomas Cave (Liberal politician)
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