Sir
Thomas
Garmondsway
"Guy"
Wrightson
2nd Bt
Born in Co. Durham, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wrightson 1st Bt
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Gwendolin Cotterill (Neame) Wrightson
— married
6 Oct 1909 in Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London
Father of
John Garmonsway Wrightson Bt
Died
at age 78
in Neasham Hall, Co. Durham, England, United Kingdom
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Sir Thomas Wrightson was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Biography
Col. Sir Thomas Garmondsway (‘Guy’) Wrightson, second Baronet, TD, JP, DL, chairman of Head Wrightson, engineers; b. co. Durham, 21 Aug 1871; d. 7 Jan 1950; of Neasham Hall, Darlington, co. Durham.
Sources
1. Nicholas Mander, "Borromean Rings: The Genealogy of the Mander Family", 2011
2. Burke's Peerage (various editions) , sub Wrightson
3. For the family and descent from John Wrightson of Eryholme, b. 1469, see Rev. William G. Wrightson, Memorials of the Family of Wrightson, 1894.
4. For the first Baronet (cr. 13 July 1900), Conservative MP for Stockton and St Pancras East, see John B. Wrightson, Life of Thomas Wrightson, 1839–1921, Favil Press, 1939.
Richard Wrightson is mentioned as being late of Eryholme in 1459.
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Susan DeFoe
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There are many more records on Ancestry.com, if one has a paid subscription, than on FamilySearch.com, including a marriage record (married at age 38 to Gwendolyn Cotterill Neame, 6 Oct 1909 at Holy Trinity church in Chelsea); census records from 1881, 1901, and 1911; a British Army list from 1914 (Major in 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry), and death and probate records. Father is listed as Sir Thomas Wrightson (1839-1921) and mother as Elizabeth Wise (1845-1923).
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