The House of Commons, 1833 by Sir George Hayter

Thomas Greene (19 January 1794 – 8 August 1872) was a British

Peelite The Peelites were a breakaway dissident political faction of the British Conservative Party from 1846 to 1859. Initially led by Robert Peel, the former Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846, the Peelites supported free trade whilst ...

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

and

Tory A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The ...

politician. Greene was first elected Tory MP for

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at a by-election in 1824 and held the seat until 1852—becoming a Conservative in 1834, and a Peelite around 1847. He later regained the seat at a by-election in 1853—caused by the unseating of

Robert Baynes Armstrong Robert Baynes Armstrong (1785 – 15 January 1869) was a British Radical politician. Armstrong was elected Radical MP for Lancaster at a 1848—caused by the unseating of Samuel Gregson Samuel Gregson (1793–1865) was a nineteenth-century Br ...

due to corruption and bribery—but stood down at the next election in 1857.

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Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Thomas Greene
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