Edward Thompson (ca. 1639 – 6 August 1701) was an English landowner and politician. Edward and his brother Sir Henry Thompson were

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merchants of

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; Edward became the principal mover of the business after his brother moved to his new estate at

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in 1668. He was a particular friend of

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. During the reign of Charles II, Edward bought the estate of

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for his own country residence. He was

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in 1683. Drake, Francis (1736), ''Eboracum'': or, The history and antiquities of the city of York, from its original to the present times: Together with the history of the cathedral church, and the lives of the archbishops of that see ..., Printed by W. Bowyer for the author, p. 366 He was three times

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for

, beginning in 1689. He married Frances Thompson and had two children: Leonard, who married his second cousin once removed, Frances Thompson of Escrick, and died without issue in 1744, and Richard (d. 1753), twice Lord Mayor of York.

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* 1630s births 1701 deaths Lord Mayors of York English landowners 17th-century English merchants Wine merchants English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1695–1698 English MPs 1701 {{England-mayor-stub