The Revd. Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet Thompson of Virkees (5 November 1796 - 1 July 1868) was the third son of Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Thompson, 1st baronet Thompson was a British naval officer. After long service in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and War of the First Coalition, he was Admiral John Jervis's second in command at the battle of Cape St Vincent...

, and Jane Selby. He succeeded to the baronetcy

Thompson Baronets

There have been seven Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thompson, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and five in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the creations are extinct while four are still extant...

 after his eldest brother the 2nd Baronet

Sir Norborne Thompson, 2nd Baronet

-Life:He was made a Lieutenant in 1790, serving on the 98 gun at the 1794 attack on Pointe-à-Pitre on Guadeloupe. He was made Commander on 25 March 1796 and later that year put in command of the sloop , and later the 16 gun...

 died without issue in 1826. On 26 February 1826 he married Hannah Jean Grey, third daughter of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet

Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet

Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, KCB was a British Royal Navy officer. He was born at the family home of Fallodon, Northumberland on 10 October 1767, the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey , and younger brother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and General Sir Henry George Grey...

 of Falloden, KCB, Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard and Mary Whitbread, daughter of Samuel Whitbread (1720-1796). Sir George Grey was the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, KB PC was one of the most important British generals of the 18th century. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Grey, 1st Baronet, of Howick in Northumberland. He served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary War...

 and younger brother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...

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