Ralph Thicknesse
Ralph Thicknesse (1768 – 1 November 1842) was a British politician.

Born around 1768, the only son of Ralph Thicknesse, and Anne Dorothy (née Bostock). He married Sarah Woodcock on 20 December 1798 and they had one son, Ralph Anthony Thicknesse (1800-54), who also went on to become an MP for Wigan.

They had a residence called Beech Hill, to the north of Wigan, described as a farmhouse dating to the late 17th century, it stood in its own grounds.

Ralph Thicknesse established himself as a banker in Wigan in partnership with his brother-in-law Thomas Woodcock of Bank House. They founded Wigan Bank in 1792. He had withdrawn from the bank by 1834 at which time the bank was renamed Woodcock and Son.

He was engaged in the coal trade with interests in Ince and Aspull and was a co-proprietor of the Kirkless colliery.

In 1830 he was one of the initial proprietors of the Wigan Branch Railway becoming its first Chairman once it was established.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Borough of Wigan in Lancashire from 1831 to 1834.

He died, aged 74, at Beech Hill, 1 November 1842 leaving all his property, including mines and collieries, to his only child, Ralph Anthony Thicknesse (1800-54).
Q23666
British
LOC
Q26689752
Ralph Anthony Thicknesse
PER
Q3797591
Ince
LOC
Q4808234
Aspull
LOC
Q60740558
Wigan Branch Railway
ORG
Q486839
Member of Parliament
Concept
Q874340
Wigan
LOC
Q23077
Lancashire
LOC
Q24568664
Ralph Thicknesse
PER
Q24568664
Ralph Thicknesse
PER
Q24568664
Ralph Thicknesse
PER
1842-11-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1 November 1842
DATE
1768-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1768
DATE
1798-12-20T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
20 December 1798
DATE
1792-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1792
DATE
1834-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1834
DATE
1830-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1830
DATE
1831-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1831
DATE
1834-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1834
DATE
1842-11-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1 November 1842
DATE
+1768^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1768
NUMBER
+1800^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1800
NUMBER
-54^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-54
NUMBER
+17^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
17
NUMBER
+74^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
74
NUMBER
+1800^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1800
NUMBER
-54^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-54
NUMBER
date of birth
child