Also known as Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet
member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet FRS of Stanley Hall, Shropshire, was a British politician.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, 1st Baronet (1 September 1765 – 26 November 1811) of Stanley Hall, Shropshire, was a British politician.
He was the eldest son of Captain John Tyrwhitt, RN, of Netherclay House, Bishop's Hull, Somerset and educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his cousin Sir Thomas Jones in 1782, adopting the additional surname of Jones in 1790.
He was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1790 to June 1791. Jones subsequently represented several other constituencies. He was MP for Denbigh Boroughs from January 1797 to 1802; Athlone from 22 August 1803 to 1806; and Shrewsbury from 1807 to 26 November 1811. He was created a baronet on 3 October 1808.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800.
