Thomas Missing

Thomas Missing (1710 – 25 September 1788) was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament for Poole from 1741 to 1747.[1]

Life

Missing was born in Stubbington, near Titchfield in Hampshire.

Missing built a workhouse in Poole in 1739 at a cost of £500.

He was High Sheriff of Hampshire from 1739 to 1740.

He was first elected to Parliament at the 1741 British general election.

He served two terms as Mayor of Portsmouth in the 1750s.[2]

He died in 1788.

References
  1. "MISSING, Thomas (aft.1710-88), of Stubbington, in Titchfield, Hants. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. "History In Portsmouth". 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2021.


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