Timothy Shelley

Sir Timothy Shelley

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Sir Timothy Shelley; Bt
Member of Parliament; for New Shoreham
	In office; 1802–1818 Serving with ; Sir Cecil Bisshopp (1802–1806); Sir Charles Burrell (1806–1818)
Preceded by	Sir Cecil Bisshopp; Charles William Wyndham
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Burrell; Sir James Lloyd
Member of Parliament; for Horsham
	In office; 1790–1792 Serving with Wilson Gale-Braddyll
Preceded by	Jeremiah Crutchley; Philip Metcalfe
Succeeded by	Lord William Gordon; James Baillie
Personal details
Born	7 September 1753
Died	24 April 1844 (aged 90)
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Pilfold (m. 1791)
Children	7; including Percy
Parents	Sir Bysshe Shelley; Mary Catherine Mitchell
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet of Castle Goring (7 September 1753 – 24 April 1844) was an English politician and lawyer. He was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet of Castle Goring and the father of Romantic poet and dramatist Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Early life and education[]

Shelley was born to Sir Bysshe Shelley and Mary Catherine Michell, Lady Shelley (b. 1734 in Sussex, England), the daughter of Theobald and Mary (née Tredcroft) Michell.^[1] He studied at University College, Oxford, and was awarded his bachelor's in 1778; his master's following in 1781.^[2] He then studied law at Lincoln's Inn.^[3]

Career[]

Shelley was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Horsham, Sussex at the 1790 general election,^[4]^[5] but an election petition was lodged and the result was overturned^[4] on 19 March 1792.^[5] He was elected as MP for New Shoreham at the 1802 general election.^[6] Shelly was re-elected for Shoreham in 1806, 1807, and 1812, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1818 general election.^[6]^[7]

He associated with the Duke of Norfolk during his time in the British political sphere.

Personal life[]

Shelley married Elizabeth Pilfold in October 1791 and they moved to Field Place in Warnham, approximately 40 miles (64 km) outside London. The couple had seven children:

Percy Bysshe (1792–1822), English Romantic poet
Elizabeth (1794–1831)
Hellen (1796–1796)
Mary (1797–1884)
Hellen (1799–1885)
Margaret (1801–1887)
John (1806–1866)

None of Shelley's daughters married except for Mary who in 1819, married D. F. Haynes.^[8]

Ancestry[]

showSir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet of Castle Goring

Titles[]

Mr Timothy Shelley (1753–1790)
Mr Timothy Shelley MP (1790–1815)
Sir Timothy Shelley (1815–1844)

Shelley inherited the baronetcy in 1815, becoming the 2nd Baronet Shelley, of Castle Goring, Sussex.

References[]

^ Baptism Record of Katherine Michell. Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538–1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Paid subscription site. Retrieved May 2017.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Shelley, (Sir) Timothy (Bart.)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ A Biographical Sketch by blupete: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H"
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stooks Smith, page 350
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
^ thePeerage.com – Person Page 3897

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Timothy Shelley

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Philip Metcalfe	Member of Parliament for Horsham 1790–1792 With: Wilson Braddyll	Succeeded by Lord William Gordon James Baillie
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Wyndham Sir Cecil Bisshopp	Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1802 – 1818 With: Sir Cecil Bisshopp to 1806 Sir Charles Burrell, Bt from 1806	Succeeded by James Martin Lloyd Sir Charles Burrell, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bysshe Shelley	Baronet (of Castle Goring) 1815–1844	Succeeded by Percy Shelley

[1] Baptism Record of Katherine Michell. Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538–1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Paid subscription site. Retrieved May 2017.

[2] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Shelley, (Sir) Timothy (Bart.)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[3] A Biographical Sketch by blupete: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

[stooks-smith-horsham-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

[rayment-horsham-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H"

[stooks-smith-shoreham-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stooks Smith, page 350

[7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)

[8] thePeerage.com – Person Page 3897

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Plays	The Cenci (1819) Hellas (1822)
Fiction	Zastrozzi (1810) St. Irvyne (1811)
Non-fiction	"The Necessity of Atheism" (1811) "Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things" (1811) "A Letter to Lord Ellenborough" (1812) A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813) History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) "On Frankenstein" (1817, published 1832) A Philosophical View of Reform (1819–20, published 1920) "A Defence of Poetry" (published posthumously, 1840)
Poetry collections	Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire (1810) Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson (1810)
Short poems	"The Devil's Walk" (1812) "Mutability" (1816) "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" (1817) "Ozymandias" (1818) "Love's Philosophy" (1819) "Ode to the West Wind" (1820) "To a Skylark" (1820) "The Cloud" (1820) "One Word is Too Often Profaned" (1822) "Music, When Soft Voices Die" (1824) "A Dirge" (1824) "England in 1819" (1834)
Long poems	Queen Mab (1813) Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude (1816) Mont Blanc (1817) The Revolt of Islam (1818) Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue (1819) Prometheus Unbound (1820) Epipsychidion (1821) Adonaïs (1821) Julian and Maddalo (1824) The Witch of Atlas (1824) The Triumph of Life (1824) The Masque of Anarchy (1832)
Chapbooks	Wolfstein; or, The Mysterious Bandit (1822) Wolfstein, The Murderer; or, The Secrets of a Robber's Cave (1850)
Collaborations with Mary Shelley	History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) Proserpine (1820) Midas (1820)
Adaptations	Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline (1977) Zastrozzi, A Romance (1986)
Places	Keats–Shelley Memorial House Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle Rising Universe Shelley's Cottage Shelley Memorial Villa Diodati
Authorship debates	Frankenstein authorship question The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein
People	Mary Shelley (wife) Percy Florence Shelley (son) Timothy Shelley (father) Sir Bysshe Shelley (grandfather) Lord Byron Claire Clairmont William Godwin (father-in-law) Thomas Jefferson Hogg John Keats Thomas Medwin Thomas Love Peacock Edward John Trelawny
Biographies	The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Portrayals	Bride of Frankenstein (1935 film) Bloody Poetry (1984 play) Gothic (1986 film) Haunted Summer (1988 film) Rowing with the Wind (1988 film) Mary Shelley (2017 film) "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" (2020 TV episode)
Related	Shelley Memorial Award

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Sir Timothy Shelley Bt

Member of Parliament for New Shoreham
In office 1802–1818 Serving with Sir Cecil Bisshopp (1802–1806) Sir Charles Burrell (1806–1818)
Preceded by	Sir Cecil Bisshopp Charles William Wyndham
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Burrell Sir James Lloyd
Member of Parliament for Horsham
In office 1790–1792 Serving with Wilson Gale-Braddyll
Preceded by	Jeremiah Crutchley Philip Metcalfe
Succeeded by	Lord William Gordon James Baillie

Personal details
Born	(1753-09-07)7 September 1753
Died	24 April 1844(1844-04-24) (aged 90)
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Pilfold (m. 1791)
Children	7; including Percy
Parents	Sir Bysshe Shelley Mary Catherine Mitchell
Alma mater	University College, Oxford