Thomas Thompson

Thomas Thompson (1754–1828), was a Kingston upon Hull banker and Wesleyan Methodist preacher. The father of Thomas Perronet Thompson, he had the gothic mansion, Cottingham Castle, built in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Biography

Thomas Thompson was born 5 April 1754, in relatively humble beginnings, his father was a yeoman in Owborough Grange, Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated by the Rev. William Stead of Swine.

He married Philothea Perronet on 29 August 1781;

After having worked for fourteen years as a clerk to the merchants Wilberforce and Smith of Hull. Abel Smith, a partner of the firm made him manager of the Hull branch of his bank in 1784, and in 1788 he became a partner in the bank and merchant business. Thompson was a Methodist lay preacher, and donated money towards the establishment of chapels.

Thomas Thompson died in Paris on 14 September 1828, shortly after his retirement. He was buried in Père Lachaise cemetery.

His son Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783–1869) was a Parliamentarian, a Governor of Sierra Leone and a radical reformer. His granddaughter married Nevil Sidgwick.