Beilby Thompson

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.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Charles Saunders Peter Denis	Member for Hedon 1768–1780 With: Sir Charles Saunders 1768–1775 Lewis Watson 1776–1780	Succeeded by Christopher Atkinson William Chaytor
Preceded by Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt Thomas Frankland	Member for Thirsk 1780–1784 With: Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt Sir Geoffrey Page-Turner, Bt
Preceded by William Chaytor Sir Lionel Darell	Member for Hedon 1790–1796 With: Sir Lionel Darell, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Lionel Darell, Bt Christopher Atkinson Savile