About William Thompson
Lived 1733 – 1799 (aged 65–66). William Thompson was a religious person and politician.
William Thompson (1733–1799) was the first President of the Methodist Conference after John Wesley's death, being elected President at the Manchester conference in 1791.
Life Thompson was born in 1733 at Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh, Ireland. He entered the Wesleyan itinerancy in 1757.
He was serving as Chairman of the Birmingham District when he died on 1 May 1799.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Whittall Street, Birmingham (demolished in the late 1920s). A tablet, formerly in that church, and now in St Martin in the Bull Ring, reads:
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Who was William Thompson?
Methodist leader born in 1733
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William Thompson was born in 1733 in Newtownbutler.
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William Thompson died on 1 May 1799.
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William Thompson was a religious person and politician.
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· DBpedia: William Thompson (Methodist)
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