Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace
The Right Honourable The Lord Wallace | |
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Vice-President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 1818–1823 | |
Preceded by | F. J. Robinson |
Succeeded by | Charles Grant |
Personal details | |
Born | 1768 |
Died | 23 February 1844 (aged 77-78) |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace, PC, FRSE (1768 – 23 February 1844) was an English politician and peer.
Early life
Wallace was born at Brampton in 1768, the son of James Wallace (1729–1783), a barrister who served as Solicitor General for England and Wales and as Attorney General to George III, and his wife, Elizabeth Simpson, the only daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson Esq., of Carleton Hall, Cumberland.[1]
He was educated at Eton College from 1777 to 1784. He then studied at Christ Church at Oxford University, graduating MA in 1790.
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Following the death of his father in 1783, he inherited (at age 15) Carleton Hall, which lies near Penrith, Cumbria.
In 1793 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Dalzell, Henry Brougham and Alexander Fraser Tytler.[1]
He sold the Carleton estate in 1828 to John Cowper. He then acquired Featherstone Castle near Haltwhistle, Northumberland and remodelled it in the 1830s to a Gothic style.
Political career
Wallace was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Grampound from 1790 to 1796, for Penryn from 1796 to 1802, for Hindon from 1802 to 1806, for Shaftesbury from 1807 to 1812, for Weymouth from 1812 to 1813, for Cockermouth from 1813 to 1818 and again for Weymouth from 1818 to 1828.
He was Lord of the Admiralty from 1797 to 1800.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1801[2] and ennobled as Baron Wallace, of Knaresdale in the County of Northumberland, on 2 February 1828.[3]
He was a member of the Board of Control from 1807 to 1816 (responsible for overseeing the British East India Company), and Vice-President of the Board of Trade from 1818 to 1823. From 1823 to 1827 he was Master of the Mint.
Personal life
In 1814 Baron Wallace, aged 46, married Lady Jane Hope (1766-1829),[4] Viscountess Melville (widow of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville), daughter of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun. Lady Jane died in June 1829. Lady Jane was then 48 and well beyond child-bearing years, even had she been able (she had no children by her first marriage).
Lord Wallace survived her by 15 years and died at Featherstone on 23 February 1844. Having no children, the barony died with him.[5]
Arms
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References
- ^ a b Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5.
- ^ "No. 15367". The London Gazette. 19 May 1801. p. 557.
- ^ "No. 18435". The London Gazette. 25 January 1828. p. 161.
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
- ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1843.
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- "Wallace, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Wallace
Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Grampound 1790–1796 With: Jeremiah Crutchley | Succeeded by Bryan Edwards Robert Sewell |
Preceded by Sir Francis Basset Richard Glover | Member of Parliament for Penryn 1796–1800 With: William Meeke | Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain | Member of Parliament for Penryn 1801–1802 With: William Meeke | Succeeded by |
Preceded by James Wildman Matthew Lewis | Member of Parliament for Hindon 1802–1806 With: John Pedley | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury 1807–1812 With: Edward Loveden Loveden | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Weymouth 1812–1813 With: Sir John Murray, Bt John Broadhurst Henry Trail | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1813–1818 With: Viscount Lowther 1813–1816 John Lowther 1816–1818 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Weymouth 1818–1828 With: William Williams 1818–1826 John Gordon 1826–1828 Fowell Buxton 1818–1832 Masterton Ure 1813–1832 | Succeeded by |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1818–1823 | Succeeded by |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Wallace 1828–1844 | Extinct |
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