Samuel Thomas Spry (25 July 1804 – 29 June 1868) was an English
Whig politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1832 to 1841 and who changed party and sat for four years again as a
Conservative
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from 1843.
Spry was the son of Admiral Thomas Davy, who changed his name to Spry, and his wife Anna-Maria Thomas. He was a member of the
Spry family of Place and Tregolls
Cornwall
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.
At the
1832 general election Spry was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for
Bodmin
Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
. He held the seat until 1841. He was sworn in again in 1843 when, as reported in
Hansard
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, alongside 8 other parliamentarians he presented a petition for reducing the number of
pubs
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.
Spry was a
J.P.,
Deputy Lieutenant and
Deputy Warden of the Stannaries, and was
High Sheriff of Cornwall
Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:
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in 1849.
Spry died at the age of 63.
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1804 births
1868 deaths
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1835–1837
UK MPs 1837–1841
High Sheriffs of Cornwall
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bodmin
Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Whig (British political party) MPs
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