Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys


Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys was a British peer, previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Kitty Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell.

Career

In 1817, he went to study at Paris University.
Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford from 1832–1833 and was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836.
He succeeded to his title in 1839, after Queen Victoria terminated its abeyance in his favour. He was the appointed Lord-in-Waiting to The Queen from 1846–1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868–1874.

Family

Thomas married Frances Towneley on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue:
They also had three short-lived, unnamed children.

Death

Baron Camoys died on 18 January 1881. As his eldest son, Francis, had died a week before him, he was succeeded by his grandson, another Francis.

Line of descent from earlier Baron de Camoys