Family and Education
b. ?24 Sept. 1667, o. s. of Thomas Stanwix of Carlisle by Grace, da. and h. of Thomas Fairfax of Parkhead, Cumb. educ. Camb. LL.D. 1717. m. Susanna, s.p. IGI, Cumb.; J. Foster, Vis. Cumb. 128; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Portland mss, Stanwix ped; Boyer, Pol. State, xiv. 345.
Offices Held
Capt.-lt. 13 Ft. 1691, capt. 1692; capt. 14 Ft. 1693, Earl of Arran’s Horse 1694–7; 6 Drag. Gds. May 1702; lt.-col. Ld. Henry Scott’s Ft. 1704; brevet col. 1705; lt.-gov. Carlisle 1705–d.; col. of newly raised regt. of ft. 1706–11, brig.-gen. 1710; gov. of Gibraltar 1711–13, Chelsea Hosp. Jan. 1715–June 1720; col. of newly raised regt. of ft. 1715–17, 30 Ft. July– Aug. 1717, 12 Ft. 1717–d.; gov. Kingston-upon-Hull Mar. 1721–d.
Alderman, Carlisle 1705, mayor 1715–6.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Carlisle, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
STANWIX, Thomas (?1667-1725)
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Oxford 1644
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