Thomas baronets of Yapton (1766)
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The Thomas baronetcy, of Yapton in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 6 September 1766 for George Thomas, Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1753 to 1766, and plantation owner in Antigua.[1][2][3]
The 3rd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Arundel.[4] The 7th Baronet was a prominent chess player, British Chess Champion in 1923 and 1934. The title became extinct on his death in 1972.[5]
Thomas baronets, of Yapton (1766)
- Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet (died 1774)[1][2][3]
- Sir William Thomas, 2nd Baronet (died 1777)[1][2][6]
- Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet (c. 1740–1815)[1][2][4][7]
- Sir William Lewis George Thomas, 4th Baronet (1777–1850)[1][2][8]
- Sir William Sidney Thomas, 5th Baronet (1807–1867)[1][2]
- Sir George Sidney Meade Thomas, 6th Baronet (1847–1918)[1][2][9][10]
- Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881–1972), left no heir.[2][5]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 141–142.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. p. 1978.
- 1 2 "Sir George Thomas 1st Bart. 1694 - 1774". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
- 1 2 Port, H. M. "Thomas, Sir George, 3rd Bt. (c.1748-1815), of Dale Park, nr. Arundel, Suss., History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
- 1 2 "Thomas, Sir George Alan". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Sir William Thomas 2nd Bart. 1721 - 1777". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
- ↑ "Sir George Thomas 3rd Bart. 1748 - 1815". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
- ↑ "Sir William Lewis George Thomas 4th Bart". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
- ↑ "Thomas, Sir George Sidney Meade, Bart. (THMS867GS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "Thomas, Sir George Sidney Meade". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)