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THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 769 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: THE-TOO
THOMAS (c. 1654-1720) , only son of the last named, succeeded his grandfather as 2nd
earl
  of Stamford. He took some part in resisting the arbitrary actions of Charles II., and was arrested in July 1685; then after his release he took up arms on behalf of William of Orange, after whose accession to the throne he was made a. privy councillor and lord-lieutenant of Devonshire. In 1697 he became chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster
 , and in 1699 president of the board of trade, being dismissed from his office on the accession of Anne in 1702. From 1707 to 1711, however, he was again president of the board of trade. On his death without children on the 31st of January 1720 his titles passed to his
cousin
 
HENRY
  (d. 1739), a grandson of the first
earl
 , from whom the later earls were descended.


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