SKIPWITH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1652-1710), of Metheringham, Lincs. and Twickenham, Mdx.

b. c. 1652, o. s. of Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Bt.†, of Metheringham and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. by his 1st w. Mary, da. and h. of Ralph Lathom of Upminster, Essex. educ. ?travelled abroad (Italy) 1663–5; G. Inn 1670. m. Margaret (d. 1732), da. and coh. of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, wid. of William Brownlow (d. c.1675) of Humby, Lincs., 1s. 1da.; ?1da. illegit. by Susan(na) Gurney. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 2 June 1694. Lysons, Environs, Supp. (1811), 320; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1700–15, p. 207; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 893; Add. 24121, f. 226; Burke, Extinct Baronetcies, 489; Coll. and Travels ed. A. and J. Churchill (1744–6), vi. 520, 663.