Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B.
M, b. 30 April 1691, d. 19 May 1750
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- 4th cousin 7 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B. was baptised on 30 April 1691 in Willesley Hall, Derbyshire, England, son of Sir Edward ABNEY LL.D. and Judith Barre.1
Thomas was educated in 1707 at Wadham College in Oxford University, England. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1707 and called to the bar in 1713.
Thomas married Frances Burton. She was the daughter of Joshua Burton of Brackley of Northamptonshire.
He was a barrister and judge. He settled in Middlesex and was appointed Chairman of Middlesex Quarter Sessions in 1731. He inherited Willesley from his father that same year. He was knighted KB 23 Dec 1735. He was attorney general of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1733, Judge of Marshalsea Court in 1735, Baron of the Exchequer 1740-43, Judge of the Common Pleas, 1743-50. As an antiquarian, in the 1720s he made substantial additions to the text of William Woolley's manuscript history of Derbyshire.2
Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B. was named an heir in the will of his father, Sir Edward ABNEY LL.D., dated in 1718 in Willesley, Leicestershire, England. His father in drawing up his will had excluded his oldest surviving, but mentally unfit son, leaving his estates in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire to his youngest son, Thomas.3
Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B. died on 19 May 1750 in London, England, at age 59. He fell victim to the gaol distemper at the "Black Sessions" at the Old Bailey. Of the judges and the commissioners, only the chief justice and the recorder escaped the illness.4 He was buried in Asby-de-la-Zouch Cemetery, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
Thomas was educated in 1707 at Wadham College in Oxford University, England. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1707 and called to the bar in 1713.
Thomas married Frances Burton. She was the daughter of Joshua Burton of Brackley of Northamptonshire.
He was a barrister and judge. He settled in Middlesex and was appointed Chairman of Middlesex Quarter Sessions in 1731. He inherited Willesley from his father that same year. He was knighted KB 23 Dec 1735. He was attorney general of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1733, Judge of Marshalsea Court in 1735, Baron of the Exchequer 1740-43, Judge of the Common Pleas, 1743-50. As an antiquarian, in the 1720s he made substantial additions to the text of William Woolley's manuscript history of Derbyshire.2
Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B. was named an heir in the will of his father, Sir Edward ABNEY LL.D., dated in 1718 in Willesley, Leicestershire, England. His father in drawing up his will had excluded his oldest surviving, but mentally unfit son, leaving his estates in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire to his youngest son, Thomas.3
Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B. died on 19 May 1750 in London, England, at age 59. He fell victim to the gaol distemper at the "Black Sessions" at the Old Bailey. Of the judges and the commissioners, only the chief justice and the recorder escaped the illness.4 He was buried in Asby-de-la-Zouch Cemetery, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
Last Edited=11 Sep 2021
Child of Sir Thomas ABNEY C. B. and Frances Burton
- Thomas ABNEY+5 b. 2 Jan 1725, d. 15 Aug 1791
Citations
- [S968] "England Births & Baptisms, 1538-1975."
- [S1079] "Landed Families of Britain and Ireland" , The Abneys of Willesley.
- [S803] David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshank and Stuart Handley, House of Commons, Sir Edward Abney biography, pg. 5-6.
- [S644] Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography, Pg. 54-56.
- [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher ,Vol. II, No. 3, March 1998.
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