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Sir Harry Stephen Meysey-Thompson 1st Baronet (1809–1874) was Liberal Member of Parliament for Whitby between 1859 and 1865.Thompson was well known as an agriculturalist who helped found the Yorkshire Agricultural Society in 1837 becoming its President in 1862 and was one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1838. He was also M.P. for Whitby from 1859 when he was elected in a by-election to 1865.