Thomas Colepeper ( 1637 - 1708 )

Birth: 25 December 1637 Death: His lodging in Tothill Street, Westminster (December 1708) Burial: St Margaret's, Westminster Career: Steward to his half-brother Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford; promoted the King's return; imprisoned (1659); engaged in litigation with William Cavendish, later 1st Duke of Devonshire, over his father-in-law's estate; imprisoned in the Marshalsea for striking Devonshire (1685) and subsequently pardoned; sold his estates (1675) and, despite numerous schemes for improving his fortunes, died in poverty Membership: Fellow Election Date: 28/05/1668 Proposers: Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk.