Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt-Drake

Thomas adopted the surname Tyrwhitt in 1776 in order to inherit the estates of his cousin Sir John de la Fountain Tyrwhitt, 6th Baronet, and then the additional surname of Drake in 1796 when his father died.

Wickham was the proprietor of the manor of Garsington and, when he died, 1770, the estates passed to Anne; when she married Tyrwhitt-Drake, they entered his family and remained part of its estate until it was sold in 1914 to Philip Morrell.

[2] Together, they had five sons and three daughters:[1] He held the post of Sheriff of Glamorganshire for the year 1786-7 and was commissioned into the Amersham Volunteer Infantry as a Captain in 1798.

A year later, the elder William resigned his seat and died shortly afterwards.

[5] He was largely a supporter of the administration of William Pitt the Younger, and did not oppose that of Henry Addington.