EDWARDS, Thomas (?1673-1743), of the Middle Temple, London, and Filkins Hall, Oxon.

b. ?1673, 1st s. of Thomas Edwards of Broad St., Bristol, attorney-at-law, by his 1st w. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 29 Oct. 1691, aged 18; M. Temple 1693, called 1698, bencher 1724. m. bef. 1701, Mary, o. surv. da. and h. of Sir William Hayman, merchant and mayor of Bristol, by Mary, sis. of Edward Colston, M.P., the wealthy Bristol philanthropist (d. 1721), 3da. suc. fa. 1727.