Thomas Whorwood
About Thomas Whorwood
Lived 1718 – 1771 (aged 52–53).
Thomas Whorwood of Holton (1718–1771) was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
Biography Thomas was born in 1718. He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) (1730–1735) and later Wadham College, Oxford.
In 1744, Thomas was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
Following the death of his father, Thomas Whorwood senior, in 1736, he was Lord of the Manors of Headington and Holton in Oxfordshire. He married (Ann) Penelope Schutz of Shotover in Westminster in 1746, but they had no children. He died in 1771.
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Who was Thomas Whorwood?
(1718-1771)
When was Thomas Whorwood born?
Thomas Whorwood was born in 1718.
When did Thomas Whorwood die?
Thomas Whorwood died on 3 September 1771.
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