View source for Thomas Micklethwaite 1678-1718

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===[[name::Thomas]] [[name::MICKLETHWAITE]] or [[name::MICKLETHWAIT]] [[date of birth::1678]]-[[date of death::1718]]===

====Biographical Note====
Son of [[family::Joseph Micklethwaite]] of [[location::Swine, Yorkshire]], gentleman, and [[family::Contantine Middleton|Constantine (Middleton)]]. Matriculated at [[education::Jesus College, Cambridge]] 1695, but did not graduate. Supported by the patronage of his relation [[family::Anthony Ashley Cooper 1671-1713|Anthony Ashley Cooper]], 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, he was appointed [[occupation::treasurer]] to the commissioners of transport in 1708, and held other government offices thereafter; he was [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Arundel]] 1715-18. In 1713 he inherited estates in [[location::London]] and elsewhere from Sir [[associates::John Cropley]], 2nd bart.
[[file:MicklethwaiteThomas.jpg|thumb|Micklethwaite's inscription, from Princeton University Library 3693.3.1688q, A. Cowley, ''The Works'', 1688]]
====Books====
Micklethwaite used  engraved armorial bookplates: Franks  *459 (dated 1704); *399 (a smaller plate); 20473.  The latter was the work of [[associates::Simon Gribelin]], with whom Mickelthwaite came into contact as an agent for Shaftesbury, and who played in an important role in the design of the second edition of the latter's ''Characteristicks''. 

The extent and disposition of his library is not known. His will has no specific mention of books; after various monetary bequests, he left the bulk of his estate in trust for his brother [[family::Joseph Micklethwaite|Joseph]].

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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D679797 Will of Thomas Micklethwaite, The National ArchivesPROB 11/564/178].
*[http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/micklethwait-thomas-1678-1718 History of Parliament].
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
*Rand, B., ed. ''The Life and Unpublished Letters . . . of Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.'' London and New York, 1900.
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