Career
He was Lord Mayor of York in 1663, and was made a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1665. In 1668, Henry moved from York to a new country estate at Escrick, where he had been buying land for the past several years. After moving to Escrick, he briefly entered politics, and was a patron of Andrew Marvell.
He was again Lord Mayor in 1672.
By his second, Jane Newton (d 1661), he had one son, Henry Thompson (1659–1700), to whom he left Escrick. Edward"s eldest son, Edward Thompson (1697–1742), would become a prominent politician.
Edward (senior)"s daughter, Henrietta, was the mother of James Wolfe.
