Known as Bill. Was land agent to the Duke of Newcastle.
Mary Florence Thomas aka Treherne
Known to family as Flo. Married an officer of the life guards and died a few months after her marriage.
He chose a career in the army, rising through the ranks, being
- a lieutenant in 1766;
- a major in the 77th Regiment in 1777Ref: Dictionary of National Biography.;
- knighted on 5th May 1799 (when he was proxy for his
stepfather at the Installation of Knights of the Bath)Ref: The Knights of England. ;
- colonel 1790; Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey 1796-1801;
- Commander of the Gibralter Garrison 1806-1808;Source: http://www.relativelyyours.com/dalrymple/H61822Main.htm
MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis (Dorset) - 14 Feb 1817.
Lieutenant-Colonel 15th (Kings) Hussars.
Died unmarried.
Also Rhys Goring Thomas. Sixteenth in a direct line from Edward III.
Drowned following her marriage.