Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet was Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1714 to 1715, discharging the duties of the office with conspicuous impartiality. His second marriage was the subject of much gossip as his wife eloped with his cousin Thomas Hervey and lived openly with him for the rest of her days. He is, however, perhaps best remembered as being one of the early editors of the works of William Shakespeare.
Sir Thomas Hanmer.
Hanmer was born at Bettisfield in North Wales
Trans; in alleviation of poverty and old age Baronet Thomas Hanmer built and endowed AD 1722
Hanmer's first wife, Isabella, Dowager Duchess of Grafton, with her son, Charles, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Hanoverian Tories were Tory supporters of the Hanoverian Succession of 1714. At the time many Tories favoured the exiled Jacobite James Francis Edward Stuart to take the British and Irish thrones, while their arch rivals the Whigs supported the candidacy of George, Elector of Hanover.
The Earl of Nottingham was one of the most prominent pro-Hanoverian Tories in 1714.
George I appointed several Hanoverian Tories in his first government, but they were soon pushed out as the Whig Ascendancy began.