Background
He was the son of Joseph Thompson Whately (d 1818), who, on his marriage in 1804 to Sarah, the only child of Thomas Halsey Member of Parliament, assumed that surname by Acting of Parliament.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was the son of Joseph Thompson Whately (d 1818), who, on his marriage in 1804 to Sarah, the only child of Thomas Halsey Member of Parliament, assumed that surname by Acting of Parliament.
Fellow passenger Sir Robert Peel survived by swimming. The older son, Frederick Halsey, survived as he was a pupil at Eton at the time. He went on to become the 1st of the Halsey Baronets.
Thomas Plumer Halsey was a descendant of the Plantagenet King Edward III.
14th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament. 16th United Kingdom Parliament]
Thomas Plumer Halsey was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire unopposed in January 1846 following the elevation of the previous incumbent, James Grimston to the House of Lords.