The Western Baronetcy, of Rivenhall in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 August 1864 for the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician Thomas Western

Sir Thomas Western, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Burch Western, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician.he served as High Sheriff of Essex for 1850 . He was elected at the 1865 general election as Member of Parliament for the Northern division of Essex...

. He had succeeded to the Rivenhall estate in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

 in 1844 on the death of his cousin Charles Western, 1st Baron Western

Charles Western, 1st Baron Western

Charles Callis Western, 1st Baron Western , was a British landowner and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons for over forty years before his elevation to the peerage in 1833.-Background and education:...

. The second Baronet was also a politician and sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Maldon

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. The third Baronet was a Justice of the Peace

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 and Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 for Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1917.

Western Baronets, of Rivenhall (1864)

• Sir Thomas Burch Western, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Western, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Burch Western, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician.he served as High Sheriff of Essex for 1850 . He was elected at the 1865 general election as Member of Parliament for the Northern division of Essex...
  
   (1821–1877)
• Sir Thomas Sutton Western, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Thomas Western, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Thomas Sutton Western, 2nd Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician.He was elected at the 1857 general election as Member of Parliament for Maldon in Essex. He was re-elected in 1859, but defeated at the 1865 general election. Western then stood in the Eastern division of Suffolk at...
  
   (1821–1877)
• Sir Thomas Charles Callis Western, 3rd Baronet (1850–1917)