Person Gage; Thomas (c. 1695 - 1754); 1st Viscount Gage Gage Thomas c. 1695 - 1754 British Male Firle, Sussex 21 December 1754 Burial: Firle, Sussex

High Meadow, Gloucestershire

Career: Converted from Roman Catholicism; MP for Minehead (1717); MP for Tewkesbury (1721-1754); Verdurer of the Forest of Dean (-1752); Master of the Household to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1743-1751) Honours: Baron Gage of Castlebar, County Mayo, and Viscount Gage of Castle Island, County Kerry, 1720 Son of Joseph Gage of Sherborne Castle, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Penruddock of Hale, Hampshire; succeeded his cousin Sir William Gage as 8th Bart and in the estate of Firle (1744). Married: 1) Benedicta Maria Theresa, daughter of Henry Benedict Hall of High Meadow, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Sir John Fortescue, Bart, of Salden, Buckinghamshire; 2) Jane, widow of Henry Jermyn Bond of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and daughter of - Godfrey Fellow 19/12/1728 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; GEC References: 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1754, p579 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 - 21 Dec 1754 NA7353 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 06/03/2026 RS_NET\louisianef Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/306130967 6a1bfb59-beb4-4b84-a9b4-330dec0a9ee4