= Thomas Wharton = '''Thomas Wharton''' was a [[UnitedKingdom/WhigParty|Whig]] politician and member of the [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]] in [[UnitedKingdom/Democratization|England]]. <> ---- == History == Wharton joined [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]] for the first time in 1673, representing a [[EnglandInTheAgeOfTheAmericanRevolution|rotten borough]]. He served on [[UnitedKingdom/WilliamIII|William's]] privy council from 1689. His father died in 1696, leaving him to inherit the '''barony of Wharton'''. [[UnitedKingdom/Anne|Anne]] succeeded in 1702 and dismissed all [[UnitedKingdom/WhigParty|Whigs]] from government. As the [[WorldHistory/WarOfSpanishSuccession|War of Spanish Succession]] dragged on though, her government came to be dominated by a '''Whig Junto''' that included [[UnitedKingdom/JohnSomers|Somers]], [[UnitedKingdom/CharlesMontagu|Montagu]], Wharton, and [[UnitedKingdom/EdwardRussell|Russell]]. Wharton was created '''earl of Wharton''' and '''Viscount Winchendon''' in 1706. This government fell in 1710, in the context of the '''Sacheverell riots'''. After [[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeI|George's]] succession, Wharton was created '''marquess of Catherloughmmm, '''earl of Rathfarnham''', '''baron of Trim''', '''marquess of Wharton''', and '''marquess of Malmesbury'''. He died shortly after in 1715. ---- CategoryRicottone