Thomas Plumer Halsey MP (26 January 1815 – 24 April 1854) was a Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire from 1846 to 1854.
Joseph Whately, of Nonsuch Park, Rector of Widford, and Prebendary of Bristol Cathedral.
[1] Halsey was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire unopposed in January 1846 following the elevation of the previous incumbent, James Grimston to the House of Lords.
Together, they were the parents of:[4][5] On 24 April 1854, Halsey, his wife and his infant son, Ethelbert, were drowned in the shipwreck of the steamer SS Ercolano in the Gulf of Genoa, along with 13 other English passengers.
[5] Their older son, Frederick survived as he was a pupil at Eton at the time.