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THOMAS, LEWIS, son of Lewis Thomas, Oxford; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1723/4; KS 1728; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1732, matr. 15 Jun 1732, Westminster Student 20 Feb 1733 - void 26 Jun 1744; BA 1736; MA 1739; Lieut., Battereauís Foot 5 May 1742; Capt. -Lieut., 18 May 1747; 4th Foot 3 Mar 1749/50; Capt., 6 Mar 1750/1; Maj., 50th Foot 2 May 1758; 9th Foot 11 Dec 1759; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 Jan 1761; served in expedition against Belleisle, and was wounded and taken prisoner during the siege 8 Apr 1761; killed at the storming of Havana, Cuba Aug 1762. [Perhaps Lewis Thomas, son of Lewis Thomas and Jane ---, bapt. 20 Jul 1714 St. Katharine’s by the Tower, London (IGI)]

THOMAS, JOHN; b.; adm. 29 Jan 1770.

THOMAS, JOHN, brother of Sir Edmund Thomas, Bart. (adm. 1724/5, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1724/5; in school list 1729; Cornet, 1st Troop, Horse Guards 16 Feb 1733/4; Capt., 10th Foot 9 Aug 1737; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 12 Jul 1739; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 17 Feb 1747/8; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 28 Nov 1749; Brevet Col., 19 Feb 1762; 1st Maj., 2nd Foot Guards 20 Aug 1762; Lieut. -Col., 23 Dec 1763; Major-Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Lieut. -Gov., Fort St. Philip, Minorca 21 Nov 1777; lic. to m. 17 Apr 1738 Lady Sophia Keppel, dau. of Arnold Joost Van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle; d. c. 1791.

Thomas, John; Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster. Son of Rev.John Thomas, Vicar of Brampton, Cumberland, and Minor Canon of Carlisle, and Ann, dau. of Richard Kelsick, Whitehaven, Cumberland, ship’s captain ; bapt. 7 Oct 1712 ; educ. Carlisle GS and Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1730 ; BCL 1741 ; DCL 1742 ; ordained deacon 27 Mar 1736/7, priest 25 Sep 1737 ; tutor to son of Sir William Clayton, Bart., MP ; Rector of Bletchingley, Surrey 27 Jan 1737/8 – 1774 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 17 Jan.1748/9 and to George III 1760 ; Prebendary of Westminster 23 Apr 1754 – Jul 1768, Sub-Dean 1758 ; Sub-Almoner 28 Dec 1761 ; Vicar of St.Bride’s, Fleet Street, London 7 Jan 1766-9 ; Dean of Westminster from 19 Jul 1768 ; consecrated Bishop of Rochester 13 Nov 1774 ; m.1st, 19 Aug 1742 Anne, widow of Sir Charles Blackwell, Bart., and dau. of Sir William Clayton, Bart., MP ; m.2nd, 12 Jan.1775 Elizabeth, widow of Sir Joseph Yates Kt, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and dau. of Charles Baldwyn, Munslow, Shropshire ; d. 22 Aug 1793. ODNB.
In 1791 he invested £1000 Stock in the names of the Deans of Westminster and of Christ Church, Oxford, and the Head Master, in trust for the School. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction commemorated by four exhibitions known as Bishop Thomas exhibitions.

Thomas, John Humphrey Kenneth, son of Daniel Thomas CBE, colliery director, and Katie, d. of John Parry-Jones of Aberystwyth; b. 21 Oct. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (A); left July 1927; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1927; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Jan. 1932; South Wales Circuit; RASC 1940-5 (Col.); m. 20 Mar. 1937 Olga, d. of William George Noake of Sandford Orcas, Dorset; d. Nov. 1984.

THOMAS, JOHN HOWELL; b. 21 Nov 1831; adm. 26 May 1842. [perhaps bapt. St. James, Piccadilly 10 Oct 1833, son of John Thomas, and Mary --- (IGI); living Coldharbour House, Tonbridge, Kent, ‘income from houses & dividends”, in 1881, m. Deborah --- (1881 Census)]

Thomas, John Harvey Noake, son of John Humphrey Kenneth Thomas (qv); b. 10 Apr. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (A); left Dec. 1956; Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn. 1960-75; Northwestern Bible Coll. Minneapolis, MN, USA 1961-2, Univ. of Minnesota, USA 1962-3, Univ. of Hawaii, USA 1963-4; an internat. PR consult. 1976-; Conservative Party PR dir. 1985-91; chair, Cremation Society of Great Britain; author, In the Face of Fear (1985), Making an Impact (1989), If they haven't heard it, you haven't said it (1995); CBE 1990; m. 22 Dec. 1978 Marlies, d. of Erich Kram of Altenkirchen, Germany; d. 13 Mar. 2022.

THOMAS, JOHN DAVIES; b.; adm. 25 Feb 1811; left Whitsun 1817.

THOMAS, HONORATUS LEIGH, eldest son of Honoratus Leigh Thomas FRCS FRS, Westminster, Pres. Royal Coll. Surgeons, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Cumberland Cruikshank MD FRS, surgeon and anatomist; b. 11 Mar 1802; adm. Christmas 1814; KS (aged 13) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student (still 1847), Tutor; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1823; BA 1824; MA 1826; ordained; Curate, Oxted, Surrey; Rector of St. Tudy, Cornwall, from 1846; d. 1 Feb 1858.

Thomas, Hilary Michael Peter, son of Herbert Samuel Thomas OBE, artist, of Pinner, Middx, and Elizabeth, d. of William LeFroy Bowen of Swansea; b. 26 Jan. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1934; a designer and illustrator; enlisted RE Sept. 1939, commissioned The Buffs (Lieut.); killed in a Commando raid (Med.) 29 Jan. 1943.

Hilary Michael Peter Thomas was born in North London on the 26th of January 1917 the son of Herbert Samuel Thomas OBE, an artist, and Elizabeth Florette Gwynne (nee Bowen) Thomas of 9, St Stephens Crescent in London W.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1930 to July 1934. He was a member of the 3rd Rowing VIII in 1932. On leaving school he became a designer and illustrator. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1939 and attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) on the 14th of September 1940.
While stationed at Malta with the 4th Battalion of his Regiment he volunteered to take part in a Commando raid on Tunis and was killed during the operation.
He is commemorated on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial Face 14.