Beilby Thompson

Beilby Thompson (17 April 1742 – 10 June 1799) was a British landowner and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1796.

Beilby was the son of Beilby Thompson (died 1750) and Sarah Dawes (died 1773).

Henry Thompson

, MP.

On his father's death in 1750, Beilby, still a boy, inherited the family estate of

Member of Parliament for Hedon and held that seat until 1780, then for Thirsk until 1784. In 1784 he was a member of the St. Alban's Tavern group who tried to bring Fox and Pitt together. In 1790, he again represented Hedon, until 1796.^[3]

Beilby gradually bought up and relocated the village of Escrick to move it away from his house. Upon his death, unmarried, in 1799, Escrick passed to his brother Richard (died 1820), High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1801,[1] and then to their nephew Paul Beilby Lawley, who assumed the surname of Thompson.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Foster, Joseph (1874). Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b "Papers of the Forbes Adam/Thompson/Lawley (Barons Wenlock) Family of Escrick". Retrieved 4 October 2006.
^ "THOMPSON, Beilby (1742-99), of Escrick, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Peter Denis	Member of Parliament for Hedon 1768–1780 With: Sir Charles Saunders 1768–1775 Lewis Watson 1776–1780	Succeeded by Christopher Atkinson William Chaytor
Preceded by Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt Thomas Frankland	Member of Parliament for Thirsk 1780–1784 With: Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt Sir Geoffrey Page-Turner, Bt
Preceded by William Chaytor Sir Lionel Darell	Member of Parliament for Hedon 1790–1796 With: Sir Lionel Darell, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Lionel Darell, Bt Christopher Atkinson Savile

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[foster-1] Foster, Joseph (1874). Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[papers-2] "Papers of the Forbes Adam/Thompson/Lawley (Barons Wenlock) Family of Escrick". Retrieved 4 October 2006.

[HOP-3] "THOMPSON, Beilby (1742-99), of Escrick, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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