Family and Education
bap. 9 Apr. 1712, 1st s. of Sir Edmund Thomas, 2nd Bt., by Mary, da. of John Howe, M.P., of Stowell, Glos. educ. Westminster 1725; M. Temple 1728; Queen’s, Oxf. 1730. m. May 1740, Abigail, da. of Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Bt., of Battle Abbey, Suss., wid. of William Northey and mother of William Northey, 3s. suc. fa. 1723.
Offices Held
Groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales 1742 – 51; clerk of the household to the Princess Dowager 1756 – 57; jt. treasurer to the Princess 1757 – 61; ld. of Trade Mar. 1761 – Apr. 1763; surveyor gen. of woods north and south of Trent 1763 – d.
Main residence: Wenvoe Castle, Glam.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
THOMAS, Sir Edmund (1712-67)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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