Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt (1762 – 24 February 1833) was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1796 to 1812.

Career

Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, after serving as private secretary to the Prince of Wales,[1] Tyrwhitt was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Okehampton in 1796.[2] Tyrwhitt was responsible for the construction of several roads across Dartmoor, a hamlet called Princetown named in honour of the Prince of Wales, a prison for prisoners of war captured during the Napoleonic Wars now known as HM Prison Dartmoor, as well as the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway.[2] He became Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1796 and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in 1803.[3]

He was elected Member of Parliament for Portarlington in 1802 and Plymouth in 1806.[1] In retirement he became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Mosely, Brian (19 February 2011). "Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt (1762–1833)". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 National Portrait Gallery
  3. ↑ The London Gazette, issue 15652, 3 December 1803
  4. ↑ UK Parliament


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