Sir Thomas Charlton Meyrick, 1st Baronet KCB (14 March 1837 – 30 July 1921), known as Thomas Charlton until 1858, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament.

Biography

Born Thomas Charlton, he was the son of St John Chiverton Charlton.[1][2] He assumed by Royal licence the surname of Meyrick (which was that of his maternal grandfather Thomas Meyrick) in lieu of his patronymic in 1858.[2][3] He was returned to Parliament for Pembroke in 1868, a seat he held until 1874.[2] In 1880 he was created a Baronet, of Bush House in the Parish of St Mary in the County of Pembroke and of Apley Castle in the parish of Wellington in the County of Salop.[4]

Mayrick served in the army, and became a lieutenant-colonel. After he had retired from the regular army, he was on 19 March 1902 appointed Honorary colonel of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion the King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).[5]

Meyrick was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1898,[6] and was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1910.[7]

Family

Meyrick married Mary Rhoda (died 1924[8]), daughter of Richard Frederick Hill, in 1860. He died in July 1921, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Frederick, himself a major in the army who commanded the first regiment of the Imperial Yeomanry, formed in 1900.[9][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2676
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lundy 2014, p. 1713 § 1712 cites Mosley 2003, p. 2676
  3. ↑ "No. 22125". The London Gazette. 9 April 1858. p. 1793.
  4. ↑ "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. p. 2786.
  5. ↑ "No. 27417". The London Gazette. 18 March 1902. p. 1887.
  6. ↑ "No. 26947". The London Gazette. 14 March 1898. p. 1686.
  7. ↑ "No. 28388". The London Gazette (Supplement to the London Gazette Extraordinary). 24 June 1910. p. 4476.
  8. ↑ Lundy 2011, p. 5027 § 50270 cites Mosley 2003, p. 1918
  9. ↑ "The Auxiliary Forces - The Imperial Yeomanry". The Times. 16 January 1900. p. 5.

References

  • Lundy, Darryl (2 November 2014), Sir Thomas Charlton Meyrick, 1st Bt., The Peerage, p. 1713 § 17125 cites:
  • Lundy, Darryl (5 December 2011), Mary Rhoda Hill, The Peerage, p. 5027 § 50270 cites:
    • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107th in three volumes ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), p. 1918

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