

Thomas NEEDHAM

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Name Thomas NEEDHAM - 6th Viscount Kilmorey.
- Biography:
THOMAS, 6th Viscount ( c 1660-87), succeeded his brother on 29 May 1668. He matrixed at Christ Church Oxford on 4 June 1675 age 16. On 4 Aug 1677 he gave a speech in Latin welcoming the Duke of Ormonde as Chancellor. Thomas married Frances, daughter and heir to Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage-Grange in Shropshire on 4 th Dec 1679. Thomas and Frances had a son. Shortly after his birth Thomas died at Shavington and was buried at Adderley on 26 th Nov 1687. Admon. of his will was granted on 10 th Feb 1688 and again on 10 th March 1694 in trust for his infant son and heir, Robert. The inheritance of the Viscountcy proved to be a poisoned chalice.
Birth 1659 Gender Male Death 25 Nov 1687 Burial 26 Nov 1687 Person ID I6679 Squire Family History Last Modified 29 Oct 2024
Father Charles NEEDHAM, b. 1636 d. 1661 (Age 25 years) Mother Bridget DRURY Marriage 1654 Covent Garden, Middlesex, England [1]
Family ID F1882 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances FOWLER, b. 1658 d. 1723 (Age 65 years) Children 1. Margaret NEEDHAM, b. 1680 + 2. Robert NEEDHAM, b. 4 May 1683 d. 2 Oct 1710 (Age 27 years) 3. Charles NEEDHAM, b. 1684 d. 1684 (Age 0 years) 4. Peter NEEDHAM, b. 1685 d. 1686 (Age 1 year) Family ID F1881 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Oct 2024
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Sources - [S37] Marriage England Parish Records, 27 Sep 2024.
In 1654, at St Pauls, Covent Garden, Middlesex, England.
Groom Charles NEEDHAM.
Bride Bridgett DRURY.
Transcribed from a parish marriage index (Findmypast on-line record).
- [S37] Marriage England Parish Records, 27 Sep 2024.