Thomas Cave (Liberal politician)
Thomas Cave (16 October 1825 – 2 November 1894) was a British Liberal politician.
Political career[]
Cave was returned to Parliament for Barnstaple in 1865, a seat he held until 1880. He also served as Sheriff of London between 1863 and 1864 and was a Justice of the Peace for Surrey.
Family[]
Cave married Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Shallcrass, in 1849. They had five sons, including Lord Chancellor George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave and Basil Cave, Consul-General in Zanzibar and Algiers, and five daughters, one of whom, Harriett, married the businessman and philanthropist Max Waechter.[1] Cave died in Brighton on 2 November 1894, aged 69. Elizabeth survived him by over 30 years and died in November 1925.
References[]
- ^ Berryman, Ron (May 2012). "Sir Max Waechter's European Unity League". Richmond History: The Journal of Richmond Local History Society. 33: 27.
Sources[]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Cave
Categories:
- 1825 births
- 1894 deaths
- English justices of the peace
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple
- Sheriffs of the City of London
- UK MPs 1865–1868
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- UK MPs 1874–1880