Thompson baronets of Park Gate (1890)

Escutcheon of the Thompson baronets of Park Gate

The Thompson baronetcy, of Park Gate in Guiseley in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 April 1890 for Matthew Thompson, after the opening of the Forth Bridge on 4 March of that year. He was Chairman of the Forth Bridge and Midland Railway companies and also briefly represented Bradford in Parliament during 1867–8.[1][2]

Thompson baronets, of Park Gate (1890)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Peile Richard Thompson (born 1975), only son of the 6th Baronet.[7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. p. 1979.
  2. 1 2 "Thompson, Matthew William (THM838MW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ "Thompson, Rev. Sir Peile". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ↑ "Thompson, Sir Matthew William". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ "Thompson, Sir Peile Beaumont". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "Thompson, Sir Peile". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. 1 2 "Thompson, Lt-Col Sir Christopher (Peile)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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