Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Reform of Parliament: Thomas Creevey

Description: Abstract: Born in Liverpool on 5th March, 1768 and educated at a boarding school in London, he was a good student and at seventeen went to Queens' College, Cambridge. In 1802, now a lawyer, he was asked to become a candidate at Thetford and at the age of thirty-four entered the House of Commons. In 1806 the prime minister, Lord Grenville, gave Creevey the position of Secretary to the Board of Control in his government. He lost the job when Grenville resigned in 1807. He also lost his seat at Thetford but in 1820 he became the MP for Appleby. Thomas Creevey died in Greenwich on 2nd February, 1838.