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Thomas Micklethwaite

Thomas Micklethwaite

British Member of Parliament (1678–1718)

Thomas Micklethwaite (1678 – 28 March 1718) was a British MP who served as the Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1717 to 1718.

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Biography

Micklethwaite was born in 1678 and was baptised on 19 July at Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, he was the first son of Joseph Micklethwaite and Constance Middleton, and the brother of Joseph Micklethwaite, 1st Viscount Micklethwaite. He was matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1695, but did not graduate. In 1708, he was appointed Treasurer to the Commissioners of Transport supported by the patronage of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury. In 1717, when Stanhope succeeded Walpole as first lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was made Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. In 1718, he was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, but died a few days later.[1][2][3][4]

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Arundel
1715–1718
With: Henry Lumley 		Succeeded by
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