Thomas Lister

Thomas Lister (19 January 1723 – 29 November 1761), of Gisburne Park, Yorkshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who represented Clitheroe in the House of Commons from 1745 until his death in 1761.

Early life and education Lister was the eldest son of Thomas Lister of Gisburne Park and Catherine Assheton, daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet, of Whalley Abbey.

Career

For most of the 18th century, the Listers and the Curzons of Gopsall Hall jointly controlled the borough of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

Marriage and issue

On 3 September 1748, Lister married Beatrix, daughter of Jessop Hulton of Hulton Park. They had one son and two daughters:

Beatrix (1 November 1749 – 10 May 1807), married in 1778 John Parker, MP for Clitheroe; mother of the antiquarian Thomas Lister Parker Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale (1752–1826), represented Clitheroe between 1773–90 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Ribblesdale in 1797 Katharine (5 August 1754 – 6 September 1762), died young

He died in 1761. His wife died in 1774.