Thomas Micklethwaite Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Thomas Micklethwaite
Constituency Mp:Arundel
Term Start1:1715
Term End1:1718
Order2:Treasurer to the Commissioners of Transport
Term Start2:1708
Term End2:1715
Order3:Lords Commissioner of the Treasury
Term Start3:1717
Term End3:1718
Birth Date:1678
Death Date:28 March 1718
Mother:Constance Micklethwaite (nee Middleton)
Father:Joseph Micklethwaite
Relatives:Joseph Micklethwaite, 1st Viscount Micklethwaite (brother)

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

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 studied at, but did not graduate from, Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1708, he was appointed Treasurer to the Commissioners of Transport. In 1717 he was made Lord Commissioner of the Treasury after he predecessor Stanhope became first lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1718, he was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. He died on 28 March, 1718.