Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet (27 May 1712 – 7 August 1778)[1] was a British politician and lawyer.
Stanford hall - seat of the Cave baronets
He married Elizabeth Davies, daughter of Griffith Davies in November 1735 and had by her six daughters and two sons.[2] Among them were:
- Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet (22 August 1737 – 30 May 1780). He married Sarah Edwards. They had one son who succeeded him, Thomas, 7th Baronet and a daughter Sarah, Baroness Braye.
- Rev. Sir Charles Cave, 8th Baronet (c. 1747–1810). He was never married.
- Margaret Cave, married John Moses. They were parents of Mary Jane Moses (1765-1800), first wife of Aubrey Beauclerk , 6th Duke of Saint Albans.
- Elizabeth Cave, married as his fourth wife, Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough. They had no issue.
Cave died, aged 66 and was buried at Stanford, Northamptonshire.[6] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Thomas.[4]
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- ^ a b Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. II. London: Secker & Warburg. p. 200.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 225.
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Leicestershire". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
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