Thomas McClure explained

Thomas McClure, 1st Baronet of Belmont
Honorific Suffix:Sir
Birth Name:Thomas McClure
Birth Date:4 March 1806
MP for Belfast
Term Start:1868
Term End:1874
Predecessor:Charles Lanyon
Samuel Gibson Getty
Successor:William Johnston
James Porter Corry
Title2:High Sheriff of Down
Term Start2:1864
Term End2:1868
Title3:MP for County Londonderry
Term Start3:1878
Term End3:1885
Predecessor3:Richard Smyth
Hugh Law
Successor3:Constituency abolished
Title4:Baronet of Belmont
Term Start4:1874
Term End4:1893
Predecessor4:New creation
Successor4:Extinct

Sir Thomas McClure, 1st Baronet, (4 March 1806 – 21 January 1893) was an MP for Belfast from 1868 to 1874. MP for Londonderry County 1878–1885.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Down for 1864 and later served as vice-lieutenant of the county.

McClure was created a baronet, of Belmont, County Down, on 20 March 1874. This title became extinct on his death. Belmont, his home – bought from Lord Ranfurley – stood on the site of Campbell College.

McClure married at Dreghorn Castle, Colinton, Scotland on the 18 October 1877. He married Ellison Thorburn Macfie (1842–1906).