Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet DL (19 April 1681 – 21 April 1719)[1] was a British Tory politician and baronet.
He was the oldest son of Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Martha Browne, daughter of John Browne.[2] In 1703, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2] Cave was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[3] In 1705, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire,[4] and in 1711, he stood successfully for Leicestershire in a by-election.[5] Cave was elected in the 1713 general election unchallenged, and was also returned in the 1715 general election after a withdraval from his Whig opponent.[4] He finally represented the constituency in the British House of Commons until his death in 1719.[5]
On 20 February 1703, Cave married Hon. Margaret Verney, youngest daughter of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh at St Giles's-in-the-Fields Church.[3] They had two sons and two daughters.[6] Cave was buried at Stanford, Northamptonshire.[3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his sons Verney and Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet successively.[6]
References
- ↑ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- 1 2 Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 225.
- 1 2 3 "ThePeerage - Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 10 January 2009.
- 1 2 Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 489.
- 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Leicestershire". Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- 1 2 Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson, ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 365.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Marquess of Granby |
Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1711–1719 With: Sir Geoffrey Palmer 1711–1713 Viscount Tamworth 1713–1714 Sir Geoffrey Palmer 1714–1719 |
Succeeded by Sir Geoffrey Palmer Lord William Manners |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Roger Cave |
Baronet (of Stanford) 1703–1719 |
Succeeded by Verney Cave |