Thomas Rivett, Esq.

Esquire

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 (1713-1763) was a British

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 barrister

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 and politician

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Biography

Thomas Rivett was a Whig M.P.

Member of Parliament

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 for Derby

Derby

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 between 1748 and 1753, High Sheriff of Derbyshire

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 in 1757. In 1761, like his father, be became Mayor of Derby

Mayor of Derby

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. He married Anna Maria Sibley in April 1749 with whom he had three children: Thomas, James and Elizabeth.

Thomas Rivett was one of the three owners of the «Cockpit Hill Potworks

Derby Porcelain

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» china

Porcelain

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 factory, together with William Butts and John Heath.

Thomas Rivett's monogram and his house were drawn by S.H.Parkins and that was given to Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

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  Bernard Burke
  Sir John Bernard Burke, CB was a British officer of arms and genealogist.-Personal life:He was born in London, and was educated in London and in France. His father, John Burke , was also a genealogist, and in 1826 issued a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the...
  
  (1865). Genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the british empire