Thicknesse, Philip
Record IDcnp02311504
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp02311504
Biographical Data1719 - 1792
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
10 Aug. 1719-19 Nov. 1792
Esq.
Travel writer. Borm Farthingoe, Northamptonshire 1719. Educated Aynhoe School 1725, then Westminster School but removed due to truancy. Apprenticed to a London apothecary but left rapidly. Decided he wanted to sail to America 1735, arrived Savannah Feb 1736. Sailed back to England 1737 after seeing a vision of his mother. Employed in the offices of the Georgia colonists in London but dismissed for being too frank about settler life. Obtained commission as a captain in an independent company in Jamaica. Returned to London 1740. Appointed captain-lieutenant in a marine foot regiment with headquarters at Southampton. Eloped and married his first wife after abducting her from a protective cohort of soldiers. Appointed to the Ipswich, returned after a year. Moved to Bath where his wife and two of his children died of diphtheria, 1749. A distant relative took him and his surviving daughter in. Became addicted to laudanum. Married his second wife November 1749. Bought the lieutenant-governorship of Landguard Fort, Suffolk 1753. Tried for libel 1763 after a long-standing feud with Lord Orwell, spent three months in prison. His second wife died March 1762 after a long illness, after which he married a close friend of his second wife September 1762. Took his family to France 1766. Published two works on the basis of this journey. Returned to Britain, living in Monmouthshire til 1768, Bath til 1774, then Bathampton. Returned to the continent 1776. Attracted much attention because of their pet monkey Jacko who rode postillion in a red jacket and boots. Produced an account of their travels 1777. Returned to Bathampton and improved the cottage there, which became a tourist attraction. Published works on Bath 1778, 1780, and a travel account of the Netherlands and Austria 1784. Fell out with two of his sons from his second marriage by this time, over money, an unwise marriage by one and a scandal caused by the other (Lord Audley). Inserted a clause in his will leaving his right hand to Lord Audley. Moved to Sandgate 1789. Left for Italy 1792. Died of a seizure outside Boulogne, 1792.
Lieutenant-gouverneur. Auteur de récits de voyages.
More Information
Further Biographical Data1719-1792
1719-1792
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityEsq.
Offizier (gnd)
Personen zu Literaturgeschichte (Schriftsteller) (12.2p) (sswd)
Personen zu politischer Theorie, Militär (8.4p) (sswd)
Schriftsteller (gnd)
Geographic NoteGroßbritannien
GB (iso3166)
NationalityBritish
Names
HeadingThicknesse, Philip
used in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)
Thicknesse, Philip
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom); The University of Aberdeen Library; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Variant NameAuthor of a Year's journey
One of the jurymen on the inquisitions
P. T., Philip Thicknesse
T., P., Philip Thicknesse
Thicknesse, P., Philip
Thicknesse, Philipp
Thickskull, Philip
Year's journey, Author of
Thicknesse, Ph.
PseudonymAuthor of "A year's journey"
Pseudonyme
One of the jurymen
Pseudonyme
Thickskull, Philip
Pseudonyme
Sources
Found inGK55. — DNB. — OWestminsters. — LOC. — BBA. — LCNA (CD), 1996-06. — LCAuth
Imprint SourcesReize door Frankrijk en Spanje.... / By Ph. Thicknesse Esq. ; Translated from the E..., 1784
BN Cat. gén.
T085241=by Philip Thicknesse, Esq;
Thicknesse, Philip: Observations on the customs and manners of the french nation, in a se*. - 1766
Thicknesse, Philip: Reisen durch Frankreich, und einen Theil von Catalonien. - 1778
A Sketch Of The Life And Paintings Of Thomas Gainsborough, Esq.. - 1788
A treatise on the art of decyphering. - 1772
Philipp Thicknesses Reisen durch Frankreich, und einen Theil von Catalonien. - 1778
Treatise on the art of decyphering and of writing in cypher. - 1772