557 Thomas Grove

Constituency : Wiltshire  South  1865-74,  Wilton  1885-92

Thomas  claimed  back  the  seat  lost  to  the  Liberals  on  the  death  of  Sidney  Herbert  in  1861.

Thomas  was  a  captain  in  the  6th  Dragoons.

After  his  defeat  in  1874 Thomas  was  made  a  baronet. He  declined  to  stand  again  until  1885.

Sir  Thomas  joined  the  Liberal  Unionists  in  1886  and  held  his  seat  unopposed. By  1892  he  had  moved  back  to  Gladstone  and  lost  his  seat  to  the  Conservatives.

Sir  Thomas  was  elected  to Wiltshire  County  Council  in 1889.

He  died  in  1897  aged  73.

With  Sir  Thomas, our  coverage  of  the  Palmerston  era  comes  to  a  close.