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THOMAS, SIR EDMUND, BART., eldest son of Sir Edmund Thomas, Bart., and Mary, dau of Right Hon. John Howe MP, Stowell, Gloucs.; bapt. 9 Apr 1712; succ. father as 3rd baronet 1723; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1724/5; in school list 1729; Queenís Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Jan 1729/30; adm. Middle Temple 10 Jul 1728; MP Chippenham 1741-54, Glamorgan from 1761; Groom of Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales Oct 1742-51; Clerk of Household to Augusta, Princess Dowager of Wales 1756-7, Joint Treasurer to Princess Dowager Oct 1757-63; a Lord of Trade 1761-3; Surveyor of Woods, North and South of Trent, from 1763; m. Jun 1740 Abigail, widow of William Northey MP, Compton Bassett, Wilts., and dau. of Sir Thomas Webster, Bart., MP; d. 10 Oct 1767.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.