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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.

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.