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About Thomas Whately
Thomas Whately, an English politician and writer, was a Member of Parliament (1761–1768) who served as Commissioner on the Board of Trade, as Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Grenville, and as Under-secretary of State under Lord North (1771–1772). As an MP he published a letter on the reasonableness of the Stamp Act, 1765, which earned him a place in the events that led to the American Revolution.
Everything about Thomas Whately →- Occupation
- politician, opinion journalist, author, landscape architect
- Position held
- member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- December 1726
- Died
- May 26, 1772