Sir Thomas Charles Style, 8th Baronet (1797-23 July 1879) was a British aristocrat and politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for

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from 1837 to 1841. Thomas Style was born in 1797, a younger son of Sir Charles Style, 6th Baronet. His elder brother, also Thomas Style, succeeded their father as the 7th Baronet in 1804, and died on active service with the

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during the

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in 1813. He was educated at the

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, but later entered the Army, purchasing a commission as a cornet in the

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in 1816. He later became a magistrate, deputy-lieutenant, and later high sheriff for

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, where the family had its estates. He married Isabella Cayley, daughter of the engineer

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, in 1822. He was elected to represent

in the 1837 general election, and stood down in 1841. He was a unionist and reformer, supporting extended suffrage and shorter Parliaments. Sir Thomas died at his residence in Sydney Place,

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, in 1879, where he had lived for some years, and was active in local Liberal politics. He left an estate valued at just below £60,000, with most of it left to his widow for her lifetime, and then to his cousin Henry Marsham Style, who had inherited the baronetcy.

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* {{s-end 1797 births 1879 deaths UK MPs 1837–1841