Background
Duffield was born at Ancaster in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of Michael Duffield of Sunninghill Park in Berkshire and his wife, Alice, youngest daughter of Jeremiah Crutchley of Southwark in Surrey (now Greater London).
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Duffield was born at Ancaster in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of Michael Duffield of Sunninghill Park in Berkshire and his wife, Alice, youngest daughter of Jeremiah Crutchley of Southwark in Surrey (now Greater London).
He held the seat until 1844. Duffield eloped with Amelia ("Emily") Maria Frances Elwes, daughter and sole heiress of George Elwes Esq of Marcham Park at Marcham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and granddaughter of the notoriously miserly John Elwes, Member of Parliament for Berkshire. They inherited Marcham and extended the estate by the purchase of Upwood.
Duffield died in Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), at the age of 61, on 15 March 1854.
Conservative Party, Tories.
11th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament. 13th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament]
Thomas Duffield was elected Member of Parliament for Abingdon under the reformed parliament at the 1832 general election.