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John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham

1648 – 1710

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Lived 1648 – 1710 (aged 61–62). John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham was an English politician.

John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham (c. 1648 – 1 November 1710), known as Sir John Thompson, Bt, between 1673 and 1696, was an English politician.

Thompson was the son of Maurice Thomson (1601/4-1676), of St Andrew, Eastcheap, City of London and Haversham, "England's greatest colonial merchant of his day", who at one time obtained a monopoly of the Virginia tobacco trade. His mother was Dorothy Vaux, daughter of John Vaux, of Pembrokeshire. He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire between 1669 and 1670 and was created a Baronet, of Haversham in the County of Buckingham, in 1673. In 1685 he was returned to Parliament for Gatton, a seat he held until 1696, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Haversham, of Haversham in the County of Buckingham. Between 1699 and 1701 he was a Lord of the Admiralty.

Lord Haversham married firstly Lady Frances Annesley, daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, and widow of Francis Wyndham, in 1688. They had at least eleven children. After her death in March 1705 he married secondly Martha Graham, a widow, in 1709. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Haversham died at Richmond in November 1710 and was succeeded in his titles by his son, Maurice. Lady Haversham died in 1724.

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1648
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Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament, Member of the 1689-90 Parliament, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament
Also known as
John Thompson

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Who was John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham?

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John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham was born in 1648.

When did John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham die?

John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham died on 1 November 1710.

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John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham was a politician.

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John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham was English.

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· Wikipedia: John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham

· Wikidata: Q11800661

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