Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci (21 September 1803-23 December 1875), was an Irish peer and Conservative

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 politician.

Background

de Vesci was the son of John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci, and Frances Letitia, daughter of William Brownlow.

Political career

de Vesci sat as Member of Parliament

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 for the Queen's County

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 between 1835 and 1837 and 1841 and 1852. In 1857 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer

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 and entered the House of Lords

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.

Family

Lord de Vesci married Lady Emma, daughter of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, in 1839. He died in December 1875, aged 72, and was succeeded by his son, John. Lady de Vesci died in October 1884, aged 65.