Family and Education
b. Oct. 1676, 1st s. of Brig.-Gen. Edward Mathews of Llandaff by Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Armstrong, M.P. m. (1) post nupt. settlement 9 Jan. 1707, Henrietta (d. Sept. 1737), da. of Isaiah Burgeois (or Burges) of Antigua and Shoreditch, London, dr. of physic,PCC 158 Poley. 1s.; (2) 9 Nov. 1738 (‘with £40,000’) Millicent, da. and coh. of John Fuller of Red Lion Sq., Holborn, sheriff of London, s.p. suc. fa. 1697.CSP Dom. 1697, p. 166.
Offices Held
Entered navy 1690, lt. 1699, capt. 1703; commr. of the navy at Chatham 1736 – 42; v.-adm. 1742; c.-in-c. Mediterranean and minister to Sardinia and the Italian States Mar. 1742 – Aug. 1744; adm. 1743; r.-adm. of Great Britain 1744 – 47; dismissed the service 1747.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Llandaff Court, Glam.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
MATHEWS, Thomas (1676-1751)
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