Background
George Thicknesse-Touchet was the son of Captain Philip Thicknesse and Lady Elizabeth Tuchet, daughter of James Tuchet, 6th Earl of Castlehaven.
George Thicknesse-Touchet was the son of Captain Philip Thicknesse and Lady Elizabeth Tuchet, daughter of James Tuchet, 6th Earl of Castlehaven.
Upon the deaths of his mother"s two brothers, the Earldom became extinct, but the barony passed in the female line. He gained the rank of Ensign in the 2nd (The Queen"s Royal) Regiment of Foot. Thicknesse-Touchet died in Sandridge Lodge, near Melksham, Wiltshire and was buried in Melksham.