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

Cartwright was the son of William Ralph Cartwright

William Ralph Cartwright

William Ralph Cartwright was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1797 and 1846.Cartwright was the son of Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe Park and his wife Mary Catherine Desaguilliers...

, M.P. for Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in...

 and his wife Hon. Emma Mary Hawarden. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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. From 1821 to 1829 he was secretary of legation in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 and was then on a special mission in Belgium. From 1830 to 1838 he was minister plenipotentiary to the German Confederation in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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. 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

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 where he died.

Cartwright married Graefin Maria Elizabeth Augusta von Sandizell in 1825. Their son William Cornwallis Cartwright

William Cornwallis Cartwright

William Cornwallis Cartwright was an art collector, author and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885-Biography:...

 was later MP for Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Oxfordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1832 this was increased to three...