Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet

Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet (died 1774) was an English colonial government official, who served as Governor of the Leeward Islands.[1]

Thomas served as Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania between 1738 and 1747. In 1753 he became Captain General and Governor in Chief of the British Leeward Islands,[2] serving in the position until 1766. Upon his return to England, he was created a baronet, of Yapton in the County of Sussex in the Baronetage of Great Britain, on 6 September 1766.[3]

He married Lydia, daughter of John King, Esq. of Antigua.

Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet was the last of this lineage, who had no sons; this baronetcy terminated with his death in 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Debrett, John (1835). Debrett's Baronetage of England: With Alphabetical Lists of Such Baronetcies as Have Merged in the Peerage, Or Have Become Extinct, and Also of the Existing Baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland. J.G. & F. Rivington. p. 187. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ "No. 9236". The London Gazette. 23 January 1753. p. 1.
  3. ^ "No. 10656". The London Gazette. 6 September 1766. p. 2.
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