Family and Education
b. ?1713, 1st s. of Mawdistly Best of Park House, in Boxley, and Chatham, Kent, brewer, by Elizabeth, da. of James Fearne of Chatham, surgeon.Best mss F5, Kent Archives Office. educ. University Coll. Oxf., 8 June 1732, aged 18; ?I.Temple 1732. m. 3 Jan. 1743, Caroline, da. of John Scott of Scot’s Hall, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 1744.
Offices Held
Lt. gov. of Dover and dep. warden of the Cinque Ports 1762 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Chilston Park, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
BEST, Thomas (?1713-95)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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