Sir Thomas Western, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas C. C. Western, 3rd Baronet (1850 - 1 February 1917) was an English baronet.
He was born in 1850, the only son of Sir Thomas Sutton Western, 2nd Baronet, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. After serving in the 2nd Life Guards, he became a Justice of the Peace and later Deputy Lieutenant for Essex. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1877.In 1883.he married Elizabeth Ellen Newton, daughter of Sir Isaac Newton, when she was about 23 years old,
He is reputed to have squandered his inheritance and the crash came first in 1893. A poster advertising the auction of property was "BY ORDER OF THE HIGH SHERIFF OF ESSEX " It took place on 4 July, at the "Angel" Inn, Kelvedon. Listed, were several items:
Several carriage horses, ponies and colts; silver-plated single & double harness; well-built private omnibus; Brougham; pony & village carts; side and cross saddles; charabanc wagonette; stable utensils and a quantity of household furniture, consisting of occasional tables, skin rugs, settees, easy-chairs; silver-plated forks, spoons etc.; sewing machine by Wheeler Wilson; sundry bric-a-brac and ornaments; ormolu mantelpiece clock and other miscellaneous effects.
References
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- "Obituary". The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918. p. 158.
- Western, A. E. (14 June 1921). Outline of The Western Pedigree.
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