Thomas Bewes

Thomas Beaumont Bewes (18 December 1777 – 18 November 1857) was a British politician.

His wife died three years later, and he moved to Tothill House with his sister-in-law, who brought up his children.

He later moved to a property which he renamed Beaumont House, and served a term as High Sheriff of Devon.

[1] At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the constituency of Plymouth, and won a seat as a Whig.

On the radical wing of the party, he argued for removing bishops from the House of Lords.