Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow

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Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow (27 November 1679 – 5 June 1740) commissioned the building of Clandon Park in the 1730s.

He became 2nd Baron Onslow on the death of his father, Richard Onslow, in 1717. He was a leading participant in an insurance business known as Onslow's Insurance or Onslow's Bubble, which secured incorparation under the Bubble Act as Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation.^[1]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Thomas Turgis Maurice Thompson	Member of Parliament for Gatton with Maurice Thompson 1702–1705	Succeeded by Sir George Newland Paul Docminique
Preceded by William Elson Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt	Member of Parliament for Chichester with Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt 1705–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Chichester with Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt 1707–1708	Succeeded by Thomas Carr Sir Richard Farington, Bt
Preceded by George Woodroffe John Fulham	Member of Parliament for Haslemere with Theophilus Oglethorpe 1708	Succeeded by Theophilus Oglethorpe Sir Nicholas Carew
Preceded by John Ward George Evelyn	Member of Parliament for Bletchingley with George Evelyn 1708–1715	Succeeded by George Evelyn Sir William Clayton
Preceded by Theophilus Oglethorpe Sir John Clerke, Bt	Member of Parliament for Haslemere with George Vernon 1713–1714	Succeeded by George Vernon Sir Nicholas Carew
Preceded by Lord Guernsey Sir Richard Onslow, Bt	Member of Parliament for Surrey with Lord Guernsey 1715–1717	Succeeded by Lord Guernsey Denzil Onslow
Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest 1715–1717	Succeeded by Denzil Onslow
Preceded by Richard Hampden	Teller of the Exchequer 1718–1741	Succeeded by Horatio Walpole
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Onslow	Lord Lieutenant of Surrey 1717–1740	Succeeded by The Lord Onslow
Preceded by The Earl of Berkeley	Custos Rotulorum of Surrey 1737–1740
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Richard Onslow	Baron Onslow 1717–1740	Succeeded by Richard Onslow