Thomas Beckford

Major Sir Thomas Beckford (1618 – 1685) was an English merchant, Tory politician and military officer who served as the sheriff of London in 1678.[1] Born in 1618, he was the son of Peter Beckford of Maidenhead and was baptised in St Katherine Coleman, London. Beckford, the uncle of future Jamaican planter Peter Beckford, married the sister of Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet.[2] Following the 1660 Stuart Restoration, he became a prominent Tory politician in the City of London.[3] In 1672, Beckford was granted £5,000 by the Royal Navy in payment for cloth he supplied to them.[4] Beckford was knighted in October 1677 at the Guildhall, London.[5] He was accused of malpractice by Sir Francis North.[6] He died in 1685 and was buried at St Mary-at-Hill on 27 August.[7]

References

  1. ^ Some Account of the Citizens of London & Their Rulers, from 1060-1867. Tegg. 1867.
  2. ^ "Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ Krey, Gary S. De (2005). London and the Restoration, 1659–1683. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107320680.
  4. ^ Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 3 entry 23 July 1672, accessed 27 December 2008
  5. ^ Shaw, William Arthur; Burtchaell, George Dames (1906). The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. London Sherratt and Hughes.
  6. ^ Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, and the Court of Augmentations, The National Archives accessed 27 December 2008
  7. ^ P69/MRY4/A/001/MS04546
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.