THOMAS, WILLIAM, only child of John Thomas, and Mary, dau. of William Bagnal, Wick, Worcester; grandson of Right Rev. William Thomas DD, Bishop of Worcester; b. 1670; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1688, scholar 12 Apr 1689, matr. 1688; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; BD 1723; DD 1729; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1694, Major Fellow 8 Mar 1695 - c. 1699; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1700; ordained; Vicar of Exhall, Warwicks., 1698; Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester, from 1723; Rector [or Vicar ?] of Grimley, Worcs., from 1723; made collections for a history of Worcestershire; edited the second edition of Dugdaleís Antiquities of Warwickshire 1730; author, A Survey of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, 1736, and other works; m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Carter, Brill, Bucks.; d. 26 Jul 1738. DNB.
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, 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 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.
Thomas, Hon. Huw Basil Maynard Mitchell, brother of Hon. David Nigel Mitchell Thomas (qv); b. 23 Jan. 1953; adm. Sept. 1966 (R); left Dec. 1970; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1971, BA 1974; dir. of studies, London Tutors; d. 2001.
THOMAS, HONORATUS LEIGH, eldest son of Honoratus Leigh Thomas FRCS FRS, Westminster, Pres. Royal Coll. Surgeons, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Cumberland Cruikshank MD FRS, surgeon and anatomist; b. 11 Mar 1802; adm. Christmas 1814; KS (aged 13) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student (still 1847), Tutor; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1823; BA 1824; MA 1826; ordained; Curate, Oxted, Surrey; Rector of St. Tudy, Cornwall, from 1846; d. 1 Feb 1858.
Thomas, Hilary Michael Peter, son of Herbert Samuel Thomas OBE, artist, of Pinner, Middx, and Elizabeth, d. of William LeFroy Bowen of Swansea; b. 26 Jan. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1934; a designer and illustrator; enlisted RE Sept. 1939, commissioned The Buffs (Lieut.); killed in a Commando raid (Med.) 29 Jan. 1943.
Hilary Michael Peter Thomas was born in North London on the 26th of January 1917 the son of Herbert Samuel Thomas OBE, an artist, and Elizabeth Florette Gwynne (nee Bowen) Thomas of 9, St Stephens Crescent in London W.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1930 to July 1934. He was a member of the 3rd Rowing VIII in 1932. On leaving school he became a designer and illustrator. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1939 and attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) on the 14th of September 1940.
While stationed at Malta with the 4th Battalion of his Regiment he volunteered to take part in a Commando raid on Tunis and was killed during the operation.
He is commemorated on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial Face 14.