Thomas Preston
British Army officer

Thomas Preston

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British Army officer
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Male
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Birth:
1722
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Thomas Preston may refer to:

Politicians

  • Thomas Preston (MP for Derby), see Derby (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Thomas Preston (died 1604), MP for Knaresborough
  • Thomas Preston of Gretton, MP for Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Thomas Preston (MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme), in 1437 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Thomas Preston, in 1452 MP for Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Thomas Preston (of Holker, elder) (1600–1679), English MP for Lancashire
  • Thomas Preston (of Holker, younger) (1647–1697), English MP for Lancaster

Religion

  • Thomas Preston (monk), Benedictine monk (1563–1640), also identified as the writer Roger Widdrington
  • Thomas Scott Preston (1824–1891) Roman Catholic Vicar General of New York

Others

  • Thomas Preston (composer) (d. c. 1563), English composer
  • Thomas Preston (writer) (1537–1598), master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and possible author of King Cambyses
  • General Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585–1655) who fought on the side of Confederation in the Irish Confederate Wars (1642-1649)
  • Captain Thomas Preston (British Army officer) involved in the Boston Massacre in 1770
  • Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. (1928-2012), poker player also known as Amarillo Slim
  • Thomas Preston (scientist) (1860–1900), Irish scientist
  • Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (1862–1955) professor of archeology at Princeton University