Thomas Gage ca.1710-1741
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Sir Thomas GAGE, 3rd bart ca.1710-1741
Biographical Note
Son of Thomas Gage, a younger son of Sir Edward Gage of Hengrave, 1st bart. He inherited the title and estate when his uncle Sir William Gage, 2nd bart, died in 1727.
Books
Gage used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 11561); the extent of his library is not known. Only 31 when he died, his will directed that all his property be left to his mother; the baronetcy was inherited by his brother William.
Sources
- Will of Sir Thomas Gage, The National Archives PROB 11/715/211.
- Rokewode-Gage baronets, Wikipedia.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.