Thomas Rowney (died 1759)

Thomas Rowney (c. 1693–1759) of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 37 years from 1722 to 1759.

Rowney was the son of Thomas Rowney and his wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Edward Noel of St. Clement Danes, London. His father represented Oxford from 1695 to 1722.[1] He was possibly educated at Eton College from 1706 to 1707 and matriculated at St John's College, Oxford on. 5 July 1709, aged 16. He was also admitted at Inner Temple in 1709.[2]..

At the 1722 general election, Rowney succeeded his father at Oxford as a Tory Member of Parliament for Oxford. He voted against the Administration on every recorded occasion. He was returned unopposed as MP for Oxford at the general elections of 1727, 1734 and 1741. In 1743 he was appointed High Steward of Oxford in 1743 for the rest of his life. During the 1745 rebellion, he refused to join the county association in defence of the Hanoverian succession. He was returned unopposed again at the 1747.[1] Rowney's father been instrumental in the rebuilding of Oxford Town Hall, and Rowney saw its completion in 1751. He was returned unopposed again as MP for Oxford at the 1754 general election. There is no record of his speaking or voting in this Parliament.[3]

Rowney married Miss Trollope on 10 March 1756. He died on 27 October 1759.[3]

References
  1. "Rowney, Thomas (?1693-1759), of Dean Farm, Oxon". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. Foster, Joseph. "Rokebye-Ryves in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp.1277-1295". British History Online. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. "Rowney, Thomas (?1693-1759), of Dean Farm, Oxon". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Rowney
Sir John Walter		 Member of Parliament for Oxford
1722–1759
With: Sir John Walter 1722
Francis Knollys 1722
Matthew Skinner 1734
James Herbert 1739
Philip Herbert 1740
Philip Wenman 1749
Hon. Robert Lee 1754		 Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Stapleton
Hon. Robert Lee
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