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William Thompson

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English judge and politician

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According to Wikipedia, Sir William Thompson of Middle Temple, was an English judge and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1729. Early life Thompson was second son of Sir William Thompson , serjeant-at-law, and his wife, Mary Stephens of Bermondsey. He was educated at Brentwood Grammar School and admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 25 April 1691, aged 14. He was awarded BA in 1695.

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