Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham

Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham (13 October 1761 – 16 September 1808) was a British merchant, banker and politician.

Thelluson was the eldest son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant who had emigrated to Britain from France in 1760, and his wife Ann, daughter of Matthew Woodford. After Thellusson senior's death his considerable estate was embroiled in the Thellusson Will Case.

Peter Isaac was educated at Harrow School and took over the thriving family business from his father. Like his father he also became a director of the Bank of England (1787–1806).

He sat as Member of Parliament for Midhurst from 1795 to 1796, for Malmesbury from 1796 to 1802, for Castle Rising from 1802 to 1806 and for Bossiney from 1807 to 1808. In 1806 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Rendlesham, of Rendlesham.

Lord Rendlesham, who lived at Rendlesham Hall, died in September 1808, aged only 46. He had married Elizabeth Eleanor, the daughter of John Cornwall, a Russia merchant of Hendon, Middlesex and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son John.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Peter Thellusson

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Percy Charles Wyndham Charles William Wyndham	Member of Parliament for Midhurst 1795–1796 With: Percy Charles Wyndham	Succeeded by Sylvester Douglas Charles Long
Preceded by Sir James Sanderson Francis Glanville	Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1796–1801 With: Samuel Smith 1796 Philip Metcalfe 1796–1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1801–1802 With: Philip Metcalfe	Succeeded by Claude Scott Samuel Scott
Preceded by Charles Bagot-Chester Horatio Churchill	Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1802–1806 With: Charles Bagot-Chester	Succeeded by Charles Bagot-Chester Richard Sharp
Preceded by James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Henry Baring	Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1807–1808 With: James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie	Succeeded by James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie The Earl of Desart
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Rendlesham 1806–1808	Succeeded by John Thelluson