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Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys

Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British peer, previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Katherine Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell.^[1]

Career[edit]

In 1817, he went to study at Paris University.

Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford for the Whigs from 1832 to 1833. His election was declared void following an election petition and his brother-in-law, Charles Towneley unsuccessfully stood at the by-election that followed.^[2]

He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.^[3]

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 to 1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868 to 1874.

Family[edit]

Thomas married Frances Towneley, daughter of Peregrine Edward Towneley (1762–1846) and Charlotte Drummond of Towneley Hall, Burnley on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue:

• Charlotte (1822–1875), nun;
• Catherine (1823–1907), unmarried;
• Thomas (1824–1865), married Catherine Coulthurst, no issue;
• John (1825-1826)
• William (1826-1827)
• Robert (1828-1828)
• Francis (1829–1881), married Eliza Peel (a daughter of British Prime Minister Robert Peel), their eldest son was Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys;
• Eliza (1830–1860), married Henry Silvertop;
• Edmund, a Catholic archbishop;
• Maria (1832–1914), married Charles Smythe, 7th Baronet;
• Agnes (1833–1887);
• Harriet (1836–1914), married Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden, had issue;
• Caroline (1837–?), nun;
• Margaret (1839–1894), married Edward Pereira, had issue;
• Eleanor (1842–1886), nun;^[4]

Death[edit]

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[edit]

Ancestry[edit]

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Notes[edit]

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References[edit]

• Kidd, Charles and Williamson, David. "Camoys, Baron (Stonor) (Baron E 1383)." Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995. London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995. p. 208, ^{[page needed]}
• Bence-Jones, Mark. The Catholic Families. London: Constable, 1992

External links[edit]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Stonor