Beilby Thompson 1686-1750
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Beilby THOMPSON 1686-1750
Biographical Note
Son of Henry Thompson of Escrick, Yorkshire, from whom he inherited the family estates in 1700. He seems to have been educated primarily at home and by travelling in Europe 1703-7. He married twice (Jane Beckwith, d.1739, and Sarah Roundell, d.1773) and was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1731.
Books
Thompson used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 29253). The extent of his library is not known; his eldest son Beilby, later MP for Hedon, was his main heir.
Sources
- Beilby Thompson, Escrick Heritage.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.