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Thomas Staunton | |
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| Member of Parliament forIpswich | |
| In office 1757 – 1784 | |
| Member of Parliament forGalway Borough | |
| In office 1732 – 1761 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1706 (1706) |
| Died | 1 October 1784 (aged 77–78) |
| Political party | Ipswich Yellow Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Vane Catherine Thurston |
| Children | 4 |
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| Education | Trinity College Dublin |
Thomas Staunton (1706? – 1 October 1784) was an Irish lawyer and a member of both the Irish and British Parliaments.[1]
He was the son ofJohn Staunton ofGalway, Ireland, who was MP for Galway Borough and held the office ofSerjeant-at-law (Ireland), and Bridget Donnellan, daughter of Edmund Donnellan, and was educated atTrinity College Dublin from 1723. He was called to theIrish bar in 1729. He then moved to London to study law at theInner Temple in 1727 andLincoln's Inn in 1740. He wascalled to the English bar in 1740.[citation needed]
He was elected to representGalway Borough (his father's old constituency) in the Irish Parliament, sitting from 1732 to 1761. He was aMember of the British Parliament forIpswich from 1757 to 1784 in theyellow interest.[citation needed]
He married twice; firstly Jane, the daughter of Gilbert Vane, 2ndBaron Barnard and Mary Randyll (Mary was reputed to be a woman of "scandalous life"), and sister ofHenry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington andAnne Vane, mistress ofFrederick, Prince of Wales. They had 2 sons, who both predeceased him, and 2 daughters. He married secondly Catherine, the daughter of Thomas Thurston of Holbrook Hall,Suffolk and the widow of William Peck ofLittle Sampford,Essex (died 1742), who had been a first cousin of Jane Staunton. After his second marriage, he lived at Holbrook Hall.[citation needed]
He was considered a fine Parliamentaryorator, but after 1761 there is no record of his speaking in the House. He would clearly have welcomed a Government appointment, but never received one.[citation needed]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forIpswich 1757 – 1784 With:Samuel Kent to 1759 George Montgomerie 1759–61 The Lord Orwell 1761–68 | Succeeded by |
