Thomas Whately [SEP] date of birth
Thomas Whately
Thomas Whately (1726 – 26 May 1772), an English politician and writer, was a Member of Parliament (1761–1768), who served as Commissioner on the Board of Trade, as Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Grenville, and as Under-secretary of State under Lord North (1771–1772). As an M.P. he published a letter on the reasonableness of the Stamp Act, 1765, which earns him a place in the events that led to the American Revolution.
Life.
He was the
Richard Vivers held it twice in 1621 and 1633.
- Thomas Whatley was mayor in 1623
- Mathew Whately was mayor in 1636.
- Organ Nicholls held it in 1641 and Aholiah West held the position from 1644 to 1645. They have the most unusual given/1st names to date.
- Lyne Spurrell was the first female mayor in 1838.
- Richard Goffe also has the longest run at five years, but not consecutively, in 1845, 1849, 1853, 1854, 1855.
- William Edmunds