Thomas Cranley Onslow

Who was Thomas Cranley Onslow?

Thomas Cranley Onslow was a British politician and British Army officer, the second son of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow.

He married Susannah Elizabeth Hillier on 28 May 1813, and they had several children:

George Augustus Cranley Onslow, married Mary Harriet Anne Loftus in 1848, father of William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow

Guildford James Hillier Onslow, later Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow, married his distant cousin Rosa Anna Onslow in 1838

Lt-Col. Arthur Edward Onslow, later Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow, married Margaret Anne Ferrers in 1846 and had issue

Thomas Frederick Onslow

Charles? Townshend Onslow

Susannah Augusta Arabella Onslow

Elizabeth Harriet Onslow

Harriet Charlotte Matilda Onslow

Onslow served in the Scots Fusilier Guards. rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was posted to the Cadiz garrison as a captain in 1810. He was later Colonel of the 2nd Surrey Militia, up until 1852.