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Thomas Whaley (politician)
Thomas Whaley (15 December 1766 – 2 November 1800), commonly known as Buck Whaley or Jerusalem Whaley, was an Irish gambler and member of the Irish House of Commons.
==Early life==
Whaley was born in Dublin in December 1766, the eldest surviving son of the landowner, magistrate and former Member of Parliament Richard Chapell Whaley, referred to as ''Burn-Chapel Whaley'' due to his strong anti-Catholic sentiments and actions. Richard Whaley died in 1769, leaving an estate that included a town-house on St Stephen's Green, land in County Wicklow and £60,000. The estate generated an income of £7,000 per annum which became available to the young Whaley when he reached the age of eighteen.
At the age of sixteen, Whaley was sent to Europe on the Grand tour, accompanied by a tutor and with an allowance of £900, a sum that proved to be inadequate. He settled in Paris for some time, maintaining both a country residence and town house, but was forced to leave Paris when his cheque for the amount of £14,000, to settle gambling debts accrued in one night of gambling, was refused by his bankers, the La Touche bank.〔
Following his return to Dublin, Whaley, at the age of eighteen, was elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1785 representing the constituency of Newcastle in County Dublin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=County Wicklow Heritage Project ) 〕
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