Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton)
Edward Thompson (ca. 1639 – 6 August 1701) was an English landowner and politician.
Edward and his brother Sir Henry Thompson were wine merchants of York; Edward became the principal mover of the business after his brother moved to his new estate at Escrick in 1668. He was a particular friend of Andrew Marvell.[1] During the reign of Charles II, Edward bought the estate of Sheriff Hutton for his own country residence.[2] He was Lord Mayor of York in 1683.[3][4] He was three times Member of Parliament for York, beginning in 1689.
He married Frances Thompson and had two children: Leonard, who married his second cousin once removed, Frances Thompson of Escrick, and died without issue in 1744, and Richard (d. 1753), twice Lord Mayor of York.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Papers of Henry Thompson". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2006.
- ^ "Sheriff Hutton". Retrieved 28 September 2006.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1874). Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire. London.
- ^ Drake, Francis (1736), Eboracum: or, The history and antiquities of the city of York, from its original to the present times: Together with the history of the cathedral church, and the lives of the archbishops of that see ..., Printed by W. Bowyer for the author, p. 366
- 1630s births
- 1701 deaths
- Lord Mayors of York
- English landowners
- 17th-century merchants
- Wine merchants
- English MPs 1689–1690
- English MPs 1695–1698
- English MPs 1701
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