Background
Thomas Alston was the eldest son of Sir Rowland Alston, 4th Baronet of Odell, Bedfordshire.
Thomas Alston was the eldest son of Sir Rowland Alston, 4th Baronet of Odell, Bedfordshire.
He was admitted at Queens" College, Cambridge in 1740. From 1747 to 1761 he was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire. Confined for a while to a madhouse, he was nevertheless re-elected to Parliament unopposed in 1754.
Horace Walpole reported a sorry appearance in the House of Commons in November 1755: "Poor Alston was mad, and spoke ten times to order."
On 2 January 1759 he succeeded his father as 5th Baronet.
He did not stand for Parliament in 1761. He was buried at Odell.
11th Parliament of Great Britain. 10th Parliament of Great Britain.