Thomas Cartwright

Deceased Person

1795 – 1850

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Who was Thomas Cartwright?

Sir Thomas Cartwright was a British diplomat who served in Germany, Belgium and Sweden.

Cartwright was the son of William Ralph Cartwright, M.P. for Northamptonshire and his wife Hon. Emma Mary Hawarden. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. From 1821 to 1829 he was secretary of legation in Munich and was then on a special mission in Belgium. From 1830 to 1838 he was minister plenipotentiary to the German Confederation in Frankfurt. He was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross, Hanoverian Order in 1834. From 1838 to 1850 he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Stockholm where he died.

Cartwright married Graefin Maria Elizabeth Augusta von Sandizell in 1825. Their son William Cornwallis Cartwright was later MP for Oxfordshire

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Born
1795
Education
  • Christ Church, Oxford
Died
Apr 15, 1850

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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