Thomas, John, ca. 1714-1791

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Thomas, John, ca. 1714-1791

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        ca. 1714-1791

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        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.

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        GB-2014-WSA-16772

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        GB 2014

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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.

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