christopher, tower, died, 1884, christopher, theron, tower, 1804, march, 1884, english, landowner, politician, born, gadebridge, eldest, christopher, thomas, tower, weald, hall, essex, educated, harrow, school, oriel, college, oxford, from, 1826, 1836, served,. Christopher Theron Tower 2 May 1804 3 March 1884 was an English landowner and politician He was born at Gadebridge the eldest son of Christopher Thomas Tower of Weald Hall Essex and was educated at Harrow School and Oriel College Oxford From 1826 to 1836 he served with the 7th Hussars reaching the rank of captain In 1836 he married Lady Sophia eldest daughter of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow He lived at Huntsmoor Park Buckinghamshire and in a by election in 1845 he was elected to Parliament for the county without a contest He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire in 1846 A Conservative in the debate on the repeal of the Corn Laws he voted in favour of agricultural protection and was a member of the Carlton Club and Boodle s He did not stand in the general election of 1847 1 References edit Michael Stenton ed Who s Who of British Members of Parliament 1976 vol I p 381 nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1801 for an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christopher Tower MP died 1884 amp oldid 1216387755, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
