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Thomas Missing

Thomas Missing was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament for Poole from 1741 to 1747.

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Thomas Missing
Member of Parliament for Poole
In office
1741–1747
Mayor of Portsmouth
In office
1750-1751 – 1756-1757
Personal details
Born1710 (1710)
Died25 September 1788(1788-09-25) (aged 77–78)

Thomas Missing (1710 – 25 September 1788) was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament for Poole from 1741 to 1747.1

Life

Missing was born in Stubbington, near Titchfield in Hampshire. Missing built a workhouse in Poole in 1739 at a cost of £500. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire from 1739 to 1740. He was first elected to Parliament at the 1741 British general election. He served two terms as Mayor of Portsmouth in the 1750s.2 He died in 1788.

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  1. "MISSING, Thomas (aft.1710-88), of Stubbington, in Titchfield, Hants. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. "History In Portsmouth". 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2021.