Thomas Coplestone
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Thomas Coplestone | |
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| Member of Parliament for Callington | |
| In office 1719–1748 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1688 England |
| Died | 1748 (aged 59–60) |
| Party | Whig |
Thomas Coplestone (1688–1748) of Bowden, Yealmpton, Devon, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 29 years from 1719 to 1748.
Coplestone was baptized on 25 May 1688 the eldest son of John Copleston of Bowden and his wife Mary Reynell of West Ogwell, Devon.[citation needed]
From the 15th century until 1748 Bowden was for 8 generations[1] the seat of a junior branch of the prominent and ancient Copleston family of Copplestone in the parish of Colebrooke, Devon.[2] It was first the seat of Walter Copleston, the 3rd son of John Copleston (d.1458) of Copleston. John Copleston served three times as a Member of Parliament for Devon, and married Elizabeth Hawley (d.1457), daughter and eventual heiress of John Hawley (died 1436) "the Younger", of Dartmouth in Devon, 12 times a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, and son of John Hawley (d.1408) ("the Elder") of Dartmouth, a wealthy ship owner who served fourteen times as Mayor of Dartmouth and was elected four times as a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, whose magnificent monumental brass survives in St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth.[citation needed]