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Hesketh, Thomas, 1727-1778
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1727-1778
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HESKETH, SIR THOMAS, BART., son of Thomas Hesketh MP, Rufford, Lancs., and Martha, only dau. of James St. Amand, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, apothecary; b. 21 Jan 1726/7; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1743; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1743; created baronet 5 May 1761; travelling in Italy 1769-72; his wife was the first cousin and favourite correspondent of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 5 Sep 1751 Harriet, dau. of Ashley Cowper, Clerk of the Parliaments; d. 4 Mar 1778.
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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.