Thomas Wildman

Colonel Thomas Wildman (1787 – 1859) was a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars, a draftsman, and landowner.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Wildman of Bacton Hall, Suffolk, by Sarah, daughter of Henry Hardinge, of Durham.

[2] The Wildman family had obtained Quebec Estate, a large sugar plantation in Jamaica, from William Beckford, who was having financial problems.

The wealth generated from this plantation provided Wildman with the means to purchase Newstead Abbey in 1818[3] for £95,000.

[4] The Wildmans entertained many guests who wished to visit the home of Lord Byron, including Franz Liszt and Washington Irving.