Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci (21 September 1803 – 23 December 1875), was an Irish peer and Conservative politician.

Background

de Vesci was the son of John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci, and Frances Letitia, daughter of William Brownlow.

Political career

de Vesci sat as Member of Parliament for the Queen's County between 1835 and 1837 and 1841 and 1852. In 1857 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer and entered the House of Lords.

Marriage and progeny

In 1839 Lord de Vesci married Lady Emma Herbert (1819-October 1884), youngest daughter of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke. She founded the Abbeyleix Baby Linen Society, a co-operative enabling women access to affordable baby clothing. By his wife he had progeny including:

• John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci, eldest son and heir.
• Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey, who married John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath
• Beatrice Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, who married Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, a brother of the 1st Duke of Westminster.

Death & succession

He died in December 1875, aged 72, and was succeeded by his son, John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci.