Thomas Cranley Onslow

Thomas Cranley Onslow (7 October 1778 – 7 July 1861), of Stoke Park, Guildford, and Upton House, Hampshire, was a British politician and British Army officer, the second son of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow.

He married Susannah Elizabeth Hillier (died 1852), coheiress of Nathaniel Hiller of Stoke Park, on 28 May 1813, and they had several children:

  • George Augustus Cranley Onslow (1813–1855)
  • Arthur Edward Onslow (1815–1897)
  • Charles? Townshend Onslow (1822–1823)
  • Susannah Augusta Arabella Onslow (1816–1899)
  • Elizabeth Harriet Onslow (1817–1824)
  • Harriet Charlotte Matilda Onslow (1826–1885)

Onslow served in the Scots Fusilier Guards, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was posted to the Cádiz garrison as a captain in 1810. On 15 March 1812, he succeeded his father as Colonel of the 2nd Royal Surrey Militia, a position he held until his resignation on 14 August 1852.

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