Thomas baronets of Yapton (1766)

The Thomas baronetcy, of Yapton in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 6 September 1766 for George Thomas, Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1753 to 1766, and plantation owner in Antigua.[1][2][3]

The 3rd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Arundel.[4] The 7th Baronet was a prominent chess player, British Chess Champion in 1923 and 1934. The title became extinct on his death in 1972.[5]

Thomas baronets, of Yapton (1766)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 141–142.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. p. 1978.
  3. ^ a b "Sir George Thomas 1st Bart. 1694 - 1774". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
  4. ^ a b Port, H. M. "Thomas, Sir George, 3rd Bt. (c.1748-1815), of Dale Park, nr. Arundel, Suss., History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. ^ a b "Thomas, Sir George Alan". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Sir William Thomas 2nd Bart. 1721 - 1777". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
  7. ^ "Sir George Thomas 3rd Bart. 1748 - 1815". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
  8. ^ "Sir William Lewis George Thomas 4th Bart". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
  9. ^ "Thomas, Sir George Sidney Meade, Bart. (THMS867GS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ^ "Thomas, Sir George Sidney Meade". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)