Education
Christ Church; Eton College.
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Thomas Tyrwhitt
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Tyrwhitt was responsible for the construction of several roads across Dartmoor, a hamlet called Princetown named in honour of the Prince of Wales, a prison for prisoners of war captured during the Napoleonic Wars now known as Her Majesty Prison Dartmoor as well as the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway. He became Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1796 and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in 1803. In retirement he became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
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1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament.
4th United Kingdom Parliament.
18th Parliament of Great Britain]
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and after serving as private secretary to the Prince of Wales, Tyrwhitt was elected Member of Parliament for Okehampton in 1796. He was elected Member of Parliament for Portarlington in 1802 and Plymouth in 1806.
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February 24, 1833 (aged 71) -
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United Kingdom