Thomas Preston ca.1647-97
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Thomas PRESTON ca.1647-97
Biographical Note
Son of Thomas Preston, of Holker, near Cartmel, Lancashire. BA St John's College, Cambridge 1669. MP for Lancaster 1689-97; he held a number of local administrative offices.
Books
Preston bequeathed ca. 350 books, largely theological to establish a parish library for Cartmel. Many of the books survive today; the library is now deposited in Lancaster University Library.
Sources
- History of Parliament.
- Perkin, M. A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England. London, 2004. 169.
- Ramage, D. The ancient library in Cartmel Priory Church, 1959.