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Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792We have 2 books for this author.Captain Philip Thicknesse (1719 – 23 November 1792), British author, eccentric and friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. Philip Thicknesse was born in Staffordshire, England and lived in Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire. He also lived in Bath. Thicknesse rose to be a Captain in the British Army, having joined at the age of 17. He was also Lieutenant-Governor of Languard Fort, Suffolk (1753–1766). He was a friend of the society artist Thomas Gainsborough and also his less well-known brother, the inventor Humphrey Gainsborough. He was an author and wrote for The Gentleman's Magazine. He also published The Speaking Figure and the Automaton Chess Player, Exposed and Detected, a not entirely accurate exposé of the chess playing machine The Turk. Thicknesse married Lady Elizabeth Tuchet, daughter of James Tuchet, 6th Earl of Castlehaven and Hon. Elizabeth Arundell, on 10 May 1749. His second wife was Ann Touchet, daughter of Baron Audley. His third wife was Anne Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford, who he married on 27 September 1762. He died near Boulogne and was buried in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Books
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