{{Short description|English politician and lawyer (1753–1844)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix =Sir | name = Timothy Shelley | image = Portrait of Sir Timothy Shelley.jpg | caption = Portrait by George Romney (1791) | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt}} | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1753|09|07}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1844|04|24|1753|09|07}} | spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Pilfold|1791}} | children = 7; including Percy | parents = Sir Bysshe Shelley<br />Mary Catherine Mitchell | alma_mater = University College, Oxford | office = Member of Parliament<br />for New Shoreham | term_start = 1802 | term_end = 1818 | alongside = <br />Sir Cecil Bisshopp (1802–1806)<br />Sir Charles Burrell (1806–1818) | predecessor = Sir Cecil Bisshopp<br />Charles William Wyndham | successor = Sir Charles Burrell<br />Sir James Lloyd | office1 = Member of Parliament<br />for Horsham | term_start1 = 1790 | term_end1 = 1792 | alongside1 = Wilson Gale-Braddyll | predecessor1 = Jeremiah Crutchley<br />Philip Metcalfe | successor1 = Lord William Gordon<br />James Baillie }}
'''Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet''' (7 September 1753 – 24 April 1844) was an English politician and lawyer. He was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet, and the father of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
==Early life and education== Timothy Shelley was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary Catherine Michell (1734–1760), daughter of the Reverend Theobald Michell and his wife Mary Tredcroft.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=FS1EnglandBirthsandChristenings&h=166171846&tid=4232135&pid=290091588106&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fMG48&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=1351 ''Baptism Record of Katherine Michell.''] Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538–1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Paid subscription site. Retrieved May 2017.</ref> He studied at University College, Oxford, and was awarded his bachelor's degree in 1778, his master's degree following in 1781.<ref>{{alox2|title=Shelley, (Sir) Timothy (Bart.)}}</ref> He then studied law at Lincoln's Inn.<ref>[http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/Shelley.htm A Biographical Sketch by blupete: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Career== Shelley was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Horsham, Sussex, at the 1790 general election,<ref name="stooks-smith-horsham">{{cite book |last=Stooks Smith |first=Henry. |editor= Craig, F. W. S. |editor-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=The Parliaments of England |orig-year=1844–1850 |edition= 2nd |year=1973 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-13-2 }}</ref><ref name="rayment-horsham">{{Rayment-hc|h||date=March 2012}}</ref> but an election petition was lodged and the result was overturned<ref name="stooks-smith-horsham" /> on 19 March 1792.<ref name="rayment-horsham" /> He was elected as MP for New Shoreham at the 1802 general election.<ref name="stooks-smith-shoreham">Stooks Smith, p. 350.</ref> Shelley was re-elected for Shoreham in 1806, 1807, and 1812, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1818 general election.<ref name="stooks-smith-shoreham" /><ref>{{Rayment-hc|n|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>
He associated with the Duke of Norfolk during his time in the British political sphere.
==Personal life== Shelley married Elizabeth Pilfold in October 1791 and they moved to Field Place in Warnham, West Sussex, approximately {{convert|40|mi}} outside London. The couple had seven children: * Percy Bysshe (1792–1822), English Romantic poet * Elizabeth (1794–1831) * Hellen (1796–1796) * Mary (1797–1884) * Hellen (1799–1885) * Margaret (1801–1887) * John (1806–1866)
None of Shelley's daughters married except for Mary, who in 1819 married D. F. Haynes.<ref>[https://www.thepeerage.com/p3897.htm#i38961 thePeerage.com – Person Page 3897<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Titles== * Mr Timothy Shelley (1753–1790) * Mr Timothy Shelley MP (1790–1815) * Sir Timothy Shelley (1815–1844)
Shelley inherited the baronetcy on 6 January 1815, becoming the 2nd Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring, Sussex.
==Ancestry== {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |title=Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet of Castle Goring |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1= 1. Sir Timothy Shelley (7 September 1753 – 24 April 1844) |2= 2. Sir Bysshe Shelley |3= 3. Mary Catherine Michell |4= 4. Timothy Shelley of Fen Place (born c. 1700) |5= 5. Johanna Plum |6= 6. Theobald Michell |7= 7. Mary Tredcroft |8= 8. John Shelley of Fen Place |9= 9. Helen Bysshe |16= 16. Mr. Shelley |18= 18. Roger Bysshe }}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-timothy-shelley| Timothy Shelley }}
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