LOCKYER, Thomas (1699-1785), of Mapperton, nr. Ilchester, Som. and New Buildings, Coleman St., London.

Family and Education
bap. 19 Sept. 1699, 4th s. of Thomas Lockyer of Ilchester, Som.; bro. of Charles Lockyer. m. (1) 1728, Elizabeth (d. bef. 1751), da. of Joseph Tolson, E.I. Co. capt., 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) c. 1780, Mary, da. of Thomas Handcock of Fore St., London, s.p. suc. to trusteeship of his e. bro. John Lockyer’s properties nr. Ilchester 1734.
Address
Main residences: Mapperton, nr. Ilchester, Som; New Buildings, Coleman St., London.
biography text

Thomas Lockyer, a Dissenter,1Gent. Mag. 1785, p. 574. ‘from small beginnings as a broker, a banker, an East India trader, and a dealer in the funds, acquired a great fortune’.2Egmont to Bute, 3 June 1762, Bute mss. In 1746 he bought the manor of Mapperton,3Basil Williams, ’Family Memoir’, 19 (communicated by W. B. Williams). near Ilchester, where he succeeded his elder brother Charles, in 1747, as a government supporter. The 2nd Lord Egmont states in his electoral survey, c.1749-50, that ‘Lockyer may absolutely have the command of this borough and will give it wholly to us’. He retained control of the borough till his death, 9 July 1785.

Author
S.R.M.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Gent. Mag. 1785, p. 574.
  • 2. Egmont to Bute, 3 June 1762, Bute mss.
  • 3. Basil Williams, ’Family Memoir’, 19 (communicated by W. B. Williams).