Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley

Thomas Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (5 February 1801 – 19 February 1863), known as Thomas Leigh between 1806 and 1838 and styled The Honourable Thomas Leigh between 1838 and 1839 and The Honourable Thomas Hanbury-Tracy between 1839 and 1858, was a British colliery owner and politician.

Hanbury-Tracy was the son of Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, and the Honourable Henrietta Susanna Tracy, daughter of Henry Tracy, 8th Viscount Tracy.[1] The Hanbury family derived its wealth from its ownership of the Pontypool Ironworks. In 1806 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Leigh in lieu of his patronymic.[2] However, in 1839 he discontinued the use of this surname and resumed by Royal licence his original surname of Hanbury-Tracy.[3] He was returned to Parliament for Wallingford in 1831, a seat he held until 1832.[4] On 10 February 1852, his father appointed him a deputy lieutenant of Montgomeryshire.[5] He succeeded his father in the barony in 1858 and also succeeded him as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire, which he remained until his death five years later.[6]

Lord Sudeley married Emma Elizabeth Alicia Pennant, daughter of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, in 1831.

Lord Sudeley died in February 1863, aged 62, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Sudeley. Lady Sudeley died in July 1888.[1]

References
  1. thepeerage.com Thomas Charles Hanbury, 2nd Baron Sudeley of Toddington
  2. "No. 15911". The London Gazette. 19 April 1806. p. 495.
  3. "No. 19721". The London Gazette. 2 April 1839. p. 724.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  5. "No. 21289". The London Gazette. 10 February 1852. p. 375.
  6. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "S" (part 6)
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