William Edward Tomline

William Edward Tomline (27 February 1787 - 28 May 1836) was an English politician, a Member of Parliament for several constituencies [ [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Observatory/Tomline.htm According to Roy Gooding's article on a Tomline Family website, "During 1826 he began his parliamentary career, representing the constituency of Truro in Cornwall until 1830, after which he held the seat for Minehead."] ] .

He was the son of George Pretyman Tomline, bishop. He married Frances Amler in 1811 and they had two girls and three boys, one of whom was "Colonel" George Tomline, also a Member of Parliament.

He was born at Riby Hall in Lincolnshire, and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

His London home was the John Nash-designed, 1 Carlton House Terrace. On the death of his father, he inherited Riby Hall and property in Bacton, Suffolk.

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* cite web | author=Burke, Sir Bernard | year=1863 | location=London | publisher=Harrison | title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland | pages="p."1518 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ni4BAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA21-PA1518&lpg=RA21-PA1518&dq=william+edward+tomline&source=web&ots=n3r9VBxswI&sig=zKSwBTGqdddjOzn3eRHuAUrEciQ | accessdate=2007-08-22
* cite web | title=George Tomline & Relatives | author=Gooding, Roy | year=2003 | accessdate=2007-08-22 | url=http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Observatory/Tomline.htm | work=Orwell Astronomical Society

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