Thomas Thornely
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Thomas Thornely, sometimes spelled Thornley, was a British Member of Parliament who was one of the elected representatives for Wolverhampton between 1835 and 1859.
Thomas Thornely by Samuel William Reynolds, published 1838
Charles Pelham Villiers
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Charles Pelham Villiers was a British lawyer and politician from the aristocratic Villiers family. He sat in the House of Commons for 63 years, from 1835 to 1898, making him the longest-serving Member
Thomas Thornely
…was useless to contend with the [corrupt] freemen of Liverpool". He was instead elected as the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton, together with Charles Pelham Villiers, who noted that the constituency was "one of the new boroughs and, as yet, uncorrupted". Thornely, who had considerable experience in local politics…
Engraving by John Cochran after a portrait by C. A. Du Val.