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See also: LOWNDES, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1692-1748) , founder of the Lowndean professorship of See also:astronomy at See also:Cambridge university, See also:England, was See also:born in 1692, both his See also:father and See also:mother being See also:Cheshire landowners. In 1725 he was appointed See also:provost See also:marshal of See also:South Carolina, a See also:post he preferred to fill by See also:deputy. In 1727 Lowndes claimed to have taken a prominent See also:part in inducing the See also:British See also:government to See also:purchase Carolina, but he surrendered his patent when the See also:transfer of the See also:colony to the See also:crown was completed. His patent was renewed in 1730, but he resigned it in 1733. He then brought various impractical schemes before the government to check the illicit See also:trade in See also:wool between See also:Ireland and See also:France; to regulate the See also:paper currency of New England; and to See also:supply the See also:navy with See also:salt from brine, &c. He died on the 12th of May 1748. By his will he See also:left his inherited Cheshire properties to the university of Cambridge for the See also:foundation of a See also:chair of astronomy and See also:geometry.
End of Article: LOWNDES, THOMAS (1692-1748)
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