NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Marquess of, 1648?-1715 NRA: Wharton Thomas (1648-1716) 1st Marquess of Wharton DNB: Wharton, Thomas, first marquess of Wharton, first marquess of Malmesbury, and first marquess of Catherlough (1648-1715), politician LBT ID: LdWhart1 VIAF ID: 69999432 LOC ID: n88132094 | B/BAP: 1648-08 DIED: 1715-04-12 |
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Whig peer whose libertine principles were loathed by Jonathan Swift and the Tories; he
was Lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1708-10) with Joseph Addison as his secretary. | |