Henry Thompson (7 June 1659 – 6 July 1700) was an English landowner and politician. The eldest son of Sir Henry Thompson, a wine merchant of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

, he inherited his father's estate of Escrick in 1683. He had already lived there for some time during his father's life, and remodeled the old house between 1680 and 1690. He was then

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for

for five years, and, like his father, was

Lord Mayor of York The Lord Mayor of York is the chairman of City of York Council, first citizen and civic head of York. The appointment is made by the council each year in May, at the same time appointing a sheriff, the city's other civic head. York's lord mayor ...

, in 1699. By his first wife, Frances Swann, he had a daughter, Frances, who married her second cousin once removed, Leonard Thompson of

Sheriff Hutton Sheriff Hutton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies about north by north-east of York. History The village is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book of 1086, as ''Hotun'' in the Bulford hund ...

. By his second wife, Mary Beilby, he had a son, Beilby Thompson (d. 1750), who inherited Escrick.

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* 1659 births 1700 deaths English MPs 1690–1695 Lord Mayors of York 17th-century English landowners {{England-mayor-stub