Thomas, Hon. David Nigel Mitchell, son of Peter John Mitchell Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir PC QC, Sec. of State for Wales, and Frances Elizabeth Tessa, d. of Basil Dean CBE, theatre producer and impresario; b. 3 Apr. 1950; adm. Sept. 1963 (R); left July 1968; Univ. of York, BA 1971; a journalist; Evening News 1976-9; man. dir. UKBMX publications 1981-6; production editor The Mail on Sunday 1987-; m. 25 July 1981 Patricia, d. of Harold Palmer Boyer, civil servant; d. Nov. 2002.
Silversmiths active 1831-1943. Thomas Bradbury had been a partner in Watson & Co, originally Fenton, Creswick & Co (est. c. 1789). When William Watson retired in 1831, the business was continued but Thomas Bradbury and his son under the name Thomas Bradbury & Son. In 1855, changed its name to Thomas Bradbury & Sons. Became Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd in 1905. Closed in 1943 and dies and tooling were bought by Atkin Brothers.
THISTLETHWAYTE, HENRY FREDERICK, son of Rev. Henry Frederick Thistlethwayte, Purbrook, Hampshire, and Mary, dau. of Charles Olive, Royal Navy [not in Syrett & DiNardo][but IGI suggests mother was Mary Webb]; b. 31 Mar 1807; adm. 19 Jan 1818 (G); m. Sophia Denyer; d. 20 Jul 1871.
THISSELTON, ---; b.; adm. 19 Jun 1769, BB; in school lists 1774.
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Thièry, --, brother of -Thièry (q.v.); b.--; adm. Oct. 1914; left Dec. 1914.
Thièry, --, a native of Belgium; b.--; adm. Oct. 1914; left Dec. 1914.
THIELCKE, HENRY DANIEL, son of Johann Daniel Frederick Thielcke, and Anna Elizabeth --- (IGI), Assistant Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte; bapt. St. Martin in the Fields 16 Nov 1788 (IGI); in school list 1801; left Whitsun 1803; Royal Academy Schools, adm. 4 Jan 1806; pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence; engraver, miniaturist and portrait painter; Portrait Painter to HRH Duchess of York; exhibited at Royal Academy 1805-16 and at British Institution 1811-6; resident in Quebec City, Canada 1832-55 and in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from 1855; m. 1820 Rebecca Piercy (IGI); d. 1874.
THICKNESSE, PHILIP, seventh son of Rev. John Thicknesse, Rector of Farthinghoe, Northants, and Joyce, dau. of Rev. Thomas Blencowe, Rector of Thenford, Northants; b. 10 Aug 1719; in school list 1729; some curious details of his brief career at Westminster, where by the favour of the Head Master he was adm. “a gratis scholar”, are provided in his Memoirs and Anecdotes, 1788, i, 14-20; expelled from the School; apprenticed to Marmaduke Tisdall, apothecary, but did not serve out time; in Georgia with Gen. Oglethorpe 1735-7; served as Lieut. in Independent Co. in Jamaica, commissioned 17 Oct 1737, against the runaway negroes; returned to England 1740; Capt. -Lieut., Brig. Jeffriesís Regt. of Marines Jan. 1741; Lieut. -Governor, Landguard Fort, Suffolk 1753-66; a patron of the painter Thomas Gainsborough 1754-74; imprisoned for three months and fined £300 in 1762 for libelling Francis Vernon (qv), afterwards 1st Earl of Shipbrook (I), the then Col. of the Suffolk Militia; wrote letters in the Crisis denouncing a decision against him by the House of Lords 1775; author Junius Discovered, 1789, in which he identified Junius as John Horne Tooke (qv), and other works; m. 1st, 1742 Maria, only dau. of John Lanoue, Southampton, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 31 Oct 1749 Lady Elizabeth Touchet, eldest dau. of James Touchet, 6th Earl of Castlehaven (I); m. 3rd, 27 Sep 1792 Ann, singer and musician, dau. of Thomas Ford, Clerk of the Arraigns; d. 19 Nov 1792 in a coach near Boulogne, France, while on his way to Paris. DNB.