Thomas Worsley, MP

Thomas Worsley was a member of the aristocracy in England.

He is the son of Thomas Worsley and Mary Arthington.[1]He was born on the 16th of November 1686[1]and baptised on the 28th of Nov 1686 at Hovingham, Yorkshire, England.[2]He was married twice, firstly to Mary Frankland, daughter of Elizabeth Russell and Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Bt in 1718.[1]He married secondly Anne Robinson the daughter of Mary Aislabie and Sir William Robinson, 1st Bt.[3]on the 19th of Nov 1733. [4]He was buried at Hovingham, Yorkshire, England on the 2nd of March 1751.[4]

Family and Education b. 16 Nov. 1686, 1st s. of Thomas Worsley I*. educ. Isleworth, Mdx.; Christ’s, Camb. 1702; Leyden, 1704; travelled abroad (Holland, Germany and Austria) 1704–5. m. (1) by Sept. 1709, Mary (d. 1722), da. of (Sir) Thomas Frankland I* (2nd Bt.), 2s. 3da.; (2) 19 Nov. 1733, Ann, da. of Sir William Robinson, 1st Bt.*, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1715.1

Offices Held Biography In December 1703 Worsley’s father decided to send his only surviving son to ‘some warmer clime for the perfecting his health’, due to a cold and cough that had lingered a great length of time. With his health recovered, Worsley was returned for Malton on a double return in 1708, but was declared not duly elected on 14 Dec. Having decided against contesting a by-election in the borough the following year, he stood for Malton in the general election of 1710, and was defeated once again. Despite petitions from both himself and the ‘out-holders and borough men’ of Malton against the return, Worsley had to wait until June 1711 before entering Parliament, taking, unopposed, a seat at Thirsk upon a by-election on the interest of his father-in-law, Sir Thomas Frankland. However, he was not a particularly active Member, being granted leave of absence for six weeks on 1 Mar. 1712. In the following session he voted against the French commerce bill on 18 June 1713, when he was classed as a Whig. Following the Hanoverian succession, his father endeavoured unsuccessfully to get a government post for him, addressing his request to the Earl of Carlisle (Charles Howard*). Worsley was buried at Hovingham on 2 Mar. 1751. His eldest son by his first marriage represented Orford and Callington in the reign of George III.2

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