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See also:MONTEAGLE, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:SPRING-See also:RICE, 1st See also:BARON (1790—1866), See also:English statesman, son of S. E. Rice and See also:Catherine Spring, came of a See also:Limerick See also:family, whose ancestor was See also:Sir See also:Stephen Rice (1637—1715), See also:chief baron of the Irish See also:exchequer and a leading Jacobite. In 182o he became Whig member for Limerick (from 1832 member for See also:Cambridge); and after holding See also:minor offices became secretary for See also:war and the colonies in 1834 and in 1835—1839 See also:chancellor of the exchequer. He was disappointed in not obtaining the speakership, but in 1839 was created Baron Monteagle of See also:Brandon (a See also:title intended earlier for his ancestor Sir Stephen Rice), and made controller of the exchequer. He differed from the See also:government as regards the exchequer See also:control over the See also:treasury, and the abolition of the old exchequer (q.v.) was already determined upon when he died on the 7th of See also:February 1866. His eldest son, Stephen See also:Edmund Spring-Rice (1814—1865), See also:deputy chairman of the See also:board of customs, having predeceased him, he was succeeded in the title by his See also:grandson, Thomas, 2nd baron (b. 1849). Another son was See also:father of S. E. Spring-Rice (1856—1902), of the treasury, and of Sir See also:Cecil A. Spring-Rice (b. 1859), the diplomatist.
End of Article: MONTEAGLE, THOMAS
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