Name Beilby Thompson Role Politician | Died June 10, 1799 | |
Beilby Thompson (17 April 1742 – 10 June 1799) was a British landowner and politician, the son of Beilby Thompson (died 1750) and Sarah Dawes (d. 1773). The Thompsons were a prominent Yorkshire family; Beilby senior was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1730 and the son of Henry Thompson, MP.
On his father's death in 1750, Beilby, still a boy, inherited the family estate of Escrick, under the tutelage of his mother. He attended Cambridge between 1759 and 1764. Urged by Rockingham to stand for York (the seat once held by his grandfather) in 1768, his mother objected on grounds of expense. He was instead elected Member of Parliament for Hedon and held that seat until 1780, then for Thirsk until 1784. In 1790, he again represented Hedon, until 1796.
He gradually bought up and relocated the village of Escrick to move it away from his manor house. Upon his death in 1799, Escrick passed to his brother Richard (d. 1820), High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1801, and then to their nephew Paul Beilby Lawley, who assumed the surname of Thompson.