HESKETH, Thomas (?1699-1735), of Rufford, Lancs.

Constituency	Dates
Preston	1722

Family and Education

b. ?1699, 1st s. of Thomas Hesketh of Rufford, Lancs. by Anne, da. of Sir Richard Graham, 1st Bt., of Norton Conyers, Yorks. educ. B.N.C. Oxf. 17 May 1715, aged 16. m. 10 July 1722, Martha, da. and coh. of James St. Amand, apothecary, of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Juxton, 1st Bt., of Little Compton, Glos., 4s. suc. fa. 1721.

Address

Main residence: Rufford, Lancs.

biography text

The head of an ancient Lancashire family, with an income of ‘near £2,000 per annum’,1Gent. Mag. 1735, p. 219. Hesketh was returned for Preston in 1722 in succession to, and with the support of, Henry Fleetwood. ‘Very much a Tory’,2E. Hamilton to Sunderland, undated, Sunderland (Blenheim) mss. he was a member of the local Jacobite club.3C. Hardwick, Preston, 252. He did not stand again, dying 18 Apr. 1735.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Gent. Mag. 1735, p. 219.
2. E. Hamilton to Sunderland, undated, Sunderland (Blenheim) mss.
3. C. Hardwick, Preston, 252.