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 Kitty Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell.

Career

In 1817, he went to study at Paris University.

Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford from 1832–1833 and was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.

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 1846–1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868–1874.

Family

Thomas married Frances Towneley 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;
• 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;

They also had three short-lived, unnamed children.

Death

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

Ancestry

Notes

References

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

External links

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