Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet

Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet (c. 1740 – 6 May 1815),[1] was a British politician.

Life

Thomas was the son of Sir William Thomas, 2nd Baronet, and he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1777.

In 1780, he created Dale Park near Madehurst by buying up separate pieces of land and joining them together into an estate. The exchange with his relative George White Thomas of lands in Yapton, Walberton, Madehurst, Bilsham and Climping was validated by a private act of Parliament, Sir George Thomas and George White Thomas Estates Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 16 Pr.). Thomas married Sophia Montagu, daughter of Admiral John Montagu and Sophia Wroughton, on 20 December 1782. The lived in Madehurst Lodge during the 1780s whilst their new house was constructed by the architect Joseph Bonomi. The house is thought to have still been under construction in 1791.[2]

He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain as the Member of Parliament for Arundel between 1790 and 1797.

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  2. ^ Dale House, Madehurst, Parks and Gardens, Retrieved 16 April 2017
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