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THOMAS, TIMOTHY, son of Thomas Thomas, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire; b. Carmarthen; adm.; QS 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1712, asged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1712- void 1727, Tutor 1720; BA 1716; MA 12 Mar 1718/9; BD and DD 1735; ordained; Chaplain to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv), from c. 1721; Rector of Presteigne, Radnorshire, from 20 Feb 1727; a friend and correspondent of the antiquary Thomas Hearne; many of the verses in Carmina Quadragesimalia are attributable to him; his Electio Westmon., written the year after his own election, is reprinted in Lusus Alt. Westmon., 2nd series, 335-9; contributed preface and glossary to John Urry’s edition of Chaucer, published 1721; a collection of his miscellaneous MSS (correspondence, papers, epilogues and prologues to Latin Plays) was lent to the editors of the first vol. of Lusus Alt. Westmon. by Sir David Dundas (qv); d. 17 Apr 1751.

THOMAS, SACKFIELD; b.; adm. 16 Jun 1765.

THOMAS, RICHARD JAMES FRANCIS, only son of Richard Morris Thomas, St. Marylebone, London, and Marianne Martha --- (IGI); b. 24 Nov 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1830; BA 1839; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Gloucester, lit. dim. from St. Davids) 20 Dec 1835, priest (Gloucester) 18 Dec 1836; Curate, Hammersmith, Middlesex; Head Master and Chaplain, Bancroftís Hospital, Mile End Road, London 1840-55; Vicar of Yeovil with Preston, Somerset, from 1855; m. 1st, 5 Apr 1839 Elizabeth Esther, second dau. of Thomas Jones, Carmarthen; m. 2nd, 28 Dec 1854 Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of William Clark, Wellclose Square, London; d. 1 Aug 1873.

Thomas, Otho Vincent, son of Charles and Caroline Thomas, of Westminster; b. Dec. 5, 1889; adm. May 3, 1900 (A); left (with Triplett) July 1908; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1911; in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. 1913-26; served in Great War I; Flight Commander R.F.C. Nov. 27, 1916; Capt. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Major Commanding 3rd Aircraft Park March 1918 - Feb. 1919; mentioned in despatches twice; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919.

THOMAS, MICHAEL; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, adm. scholar 17 Apr 1629, matr. Easter 1629; BA 1632/3; ordained; Rector of St. Stephen’s, Walbrook, London 1641-2.

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.