Sir Thomas Alston, 3rd Baronet

Sir Thomas Alston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1676 – December 1714) was an English Member of Parliament.

Thomas Alston was the eldest son of Sir Rowland Alston, 2nd Baronet of Odell, Bedfordshire and Temperance Crew; the family included Puritans on both sides.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

Alston succeeded his father as Baronet in 1697. From 1698 to 1701 he was MP for Bedford; it is unclear with which of the Parliamentary groupings his sympathies lay. In 1701–2 he undertook a trip to Italy with the Earl of Holderness, during which Alston had meetings with the Duke of Shrewsbury in Rome.[3] He died unmarried, probably in London, in December 1714. "The story that he had wasted his estate and at the time of his death was a prisoner in the Fleet is not borne out by his will, in which the Odell estate and other property in Bedfordshire was left intact and charged with numerous bequests".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b David Hayton, 'Alston, Sir Thomas', in Hayton et al, The House of Commons 1690-1715, Volume 2, p. 24
  2. ^ "Alston, Thomas (ALSN692T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Ingamells, John (1997). A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800. Yale University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-300-07165-8. Retrieved 28 April 2025.


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