Thomas Egerton (by 1521 – 1590/97) was a London merchant and member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers .
5-507: Thomas Egerton may refer to: Thomas Egerton (mercer) (by 1521–c. 1597), Under-Treasurer of the Royal Mint Thomas Egerton (killed 1599) (1574–1599), MP for Cheshire Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley (1540–1617), Lord Keeper 1596–1616 Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (1749–1814) Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton (1799–1882) Thomas Egerton Hale , recipient of
10-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Egerton (mercer) He served as Under-Treasurer of the Royal Mint at the Tower of London from 1552 to 1555. In this capacity, he and John Godsalve issued the double-faced shillings of Philip and Mary . However he was held to have unduly profited from a silver-buying contract and
15-611: The Speaker, William Cordell , Egerton obtained his release on bond to pay off his debt. While he never succeeded in settling his debt in full, Egerton did enjoy commercial success during the remainder of his life. He was Master of the Mercers' Company in 1587, and was a founder-member of the Russia Company . This English business-related biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
20-666: The Victoria Cross Thomas Egerton (publisher) , publisher of Jane Austen's first three books Thomas Graham Egerton , British Army officer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Egerton&oldid=1157818172 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-554: Was dismissed in December 1555; he would spend the rest of his life in debt to the Crown. His family obtained his election as member of parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1558, to help him defend himself from his creditors (MPs enjoyed Parliamentary privilege against arrest for debt). However, when Parliament was prorogued he was arrested and committed to the Fleet prison . With the help of
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