Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys

Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British MP and member of the peerage. He was the son of an elder Thomas Stonor and Kitty Blundell, a daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell.

Career

In 1817, he went to study at Paris University.

Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford from 1832–1833 and was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.

He succeeded to his title in 1839, after Queen Victoria terminated its abeyance in his favour. He was the appointed Lord-in-Waiting to The Queen from 1846–1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868–1874.

Family

Thomas married Frances Towneley on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue:

They also had three short-lived, unnamed children.

Death

Baron Camoys died on 18 January 1881. As his eldest son, Francis, had died a week before him, he was succeeded by his grandson, another Francis.

Line of descent from earlier Baron de Camoys

Ancestry

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    James Haughton Langston
    William Hughes Hughes
    Member of Parliament for Oxford
    1832–1833
    With: James Haughton Langston
    Succeeded by
    James Haughton Langston
    William Hughes Hughes
    Honorary titles
    Preceded by
    John Fane
    High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
    1836
    Succeeded by
    Philip Wyndham
    Peerage of England
    Preceded by
    Abeyant
    Baron Camoys
    1839–1881
    Succeeded by
    Francis Stonor
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