Family and Education
b. ?1676, 2nd s. of Sir William Thompson, serjeant at law of the Middle Temple, by Mary Stephens of Bermondsey.Marriage Licences, Vic. Gen. 1660-79 (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 149; PCC 103 Bond. educ. Brentwood g. s., Essex; Trinity, Camb. 25 Apr. 1691, aged 14; M. Temple 1688, called 1698; L. Inn 1719. m. (1) lic. 16 Feb. 1701, Joyce Brent, wid., of St. Clement’s Danes, Mdx., s.p.; (2) 1711, Julia, da. of Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Bt., wid. of Sir William Blackett, 1st Bt., M.P., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, s.p. Kntd. 18 July 1715.
Offices Held
Recorder, Ipswich 1707 – d., and of London 1715 – d.; solicitor-gen. 24 Jan. 1717 – 17 Mar. 1720; cursitor baron of the Exchequer 1726 – 29; serjeant-at-law 1729; baron of the Exchequer 1729 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: the Middle Temple.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
THOMPSON, William (?1676-1739)
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