Thomas Francis Wenman

Thomas Francis Wenman (born November 18, 1745 in Thame Park near Thame , Oxfordshire , † April 8, 1796 at Water Eaton , Oxfordshire) was a British university teacher, naturalist and archaeologist and from 1774 to 1780 member of the House of Commons in the English Parliament .

Wenman was the second son of Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman , and his wife Sophia, daughter and co-heir of James Herbert von Tythorpe. He was at the University College of the University of Oxford trained and on 22 October 1762 enrolled . On May 12, 1764, he was inducted into the Inner Temple Bar Association.

In 1765 he was a Fellow of All Souls College was added and in 1770 he received the call to the bar , was thus as barrister admitted. He received degrees in civil law and of Oxford, reached his Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) in 1774 and his Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) in 1780. He stood in the constituency Wallingford in Oxfordshire unsuccessfully for election, turned again in Westbury in Buckinghamshire to Wahl, was elected to parliament in 1774 and remained there until 1780. In the archives there is only one speech by Wenman in parliament and only once did he vote against the government.

Wenman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on January 21, 1779 . Possibly aided by his inclination to classical studies, he was appointed archivist at the University of Oxford on January 15, 1781 ( Keeper of the Archives ) and in December became deputy steward.

In 1789 he was appointed Regius Professor of Civil Law , succeeding Robert Vansittart . Although he tried, as planned, to give lectures on Roman law , he gave up because of the lack of hearing students.

Wenman was very interested in natural history and botany and was one of the few natural science students at Oxford at the time. While sampling on the banks of the Cherwell near Water Eaton , he fell into the river and drowned on April 8, 1796. He was buried in the Chapel of All Souls on April 15, 1796.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ William Prideaux Courtney: Thomas Francis Wenman. In: Dictionary of National Biography. 1885-1900, volume 60; accessed on May 21, 2014.
^ ^A ^b John Brooke: Wenman, Hon. Thomas Francis (1745-96), of the Inner Temple, London. In: Lewis Namier and John Brooke (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1754-1790. HMSO, London 1964; accessed on May 21, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Wenman, Thomas Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wenman, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thame Park at Thame , Oxfordshire
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1796
Place of death	at Water Eaton , Oxfordshire

[DNBWenman-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ William Prideaux Courtney: Thomas Francis Wenman. In: Dictionary of National Biography. 1885-1900, volume 60; accessed on May 21, 2014.

[HipWenman-2] A ^b John Brooke: Wenman, Hon. Thomas Francis (1745-96), of the Inner Temple, London. In: Lewis Namier and John Brooke (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1754-1790. HMSO, London 1964; accessed on May 21, 2014.