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Lucas married three times: Ann Jones, Mary Page and Elizabeth Payne; within his circle of business associates but left no surviving issue. His widow, Elizabeth daughter of Rev. Joseph Payne and a niece of Lewis Way a previous president of Guy's Hospital, married
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to build him a new house on an old site on land which he had purchased from the Lethieullier family. The new house, where he died on 29 September 1784, was later known as Lee Manor. It is now used as a public library and its gardens have become a public park:
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Their portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is in the Louvre. It is believed that after her mother's early death Eliza and her sister were raised by their childless great-uncle and aunt, Mr & Mrs
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and, in partnership with William Coleman, as a London agent for other Leeward Islands planters. The Legacies of British Slave-ownership database lists Lucas as a sugar-factor and slave owner.
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Lucas's origins were considered a mystery soon after his death. His easy association with the nobility and other ties suggest he could have been, if not illegitimate, heir to the barony of
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His continuing public involvement in aiding other charities besides Guy's included:
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Edward Hasted: The History and Topographical Survey of the county of Kent. 1797
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Governor and then Vice President of the Hospitals for Smallpox and Inoculation
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in 1763, and the Union Fire Office in 1764. He held them all until he died.
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1764–1774 and then president of its board of governors until his death.
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The Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor
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His directorships included the Union Society in 1759, the
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Grampound
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His newly achieved parliamentary seat in 1780 for the
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Thomas Lucas (disambiguation)
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Grampound
Guy's Hospital
South Sea Company
St Kitts
Leeward Islands
Eliza Lucas
Antigua
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics

Lucas of Shenfield
Henry Grey (c1664-1740) Duke of Kent
John Julius Angerstein
George Payne
Albemarle Street
Richard Jupp
Manor House Gardens
Grampound
General Election
Francis Baring
"Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership"
"Luca, Thomas (d.1784), of Lee, Kent. History of Parliament Online"
Parliament of Great Britain
Richard Neville
Sir Joseph Yorke

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