Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci and 4th Baron Knapton (21 September 1803 – 23 December 1875), was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician.

Background de Vesci was the son of The 2nd Viscount de Vesci and Frances Letitia, daughter of William Brownlow.

Political career The Honourable John Vesey, as he then was, sat as Member of Parliament for the Queen's County between 1835 and 1837 and 1841 and 1852. In October 1855, he succeeded his father to become The 3rd Viscount de Vesci. In 1857, as Lord de Vesci, he was elected an Irish representative peer and entered the House of Lords.

Marriage and progeny In 1839, the future Lord de Vesci married Lady Emma Herbert (1819-October 1884), youngest daughter of The 11th Earl of Pembroke. She founded the Abbeyleix Baby Linen Society, a cooperative enabling women access to affordable baby clothing. By his wife he had progeny including: John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci, eldest son and heir. Eustace Vesey who was the father of Thomas Eustace Vesey and Ivo Richard Vesey, 5th Viscount de Vesci Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey, who married The 4th Marquess of Bath Beatrice Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, who married The 1st Baron Stalbridge, a brother of The 1st Duke of Westminster.

Death and succession Lord de Vesci died in December 1875, aged 72, and was succeeded by his son, John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci.