Thomson Mason
Thomson Mason | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Stafford County | |
| In office 1758–1761 Serving with Thomas Ludwell Lee | |
| Preceded by | William Fitzhugh |
| Succeeded by | William Fitzhugh |
| In office 1766–1772 Serving with John Alexander | |
| Preceded by | William Fitzhugh |
| Succeeded by | Yelverton Peyton |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Loudoun County | |
| In office May 5, 1777 – December 19, 1778 Serving with Josiah Clapham | |
| Preceded by | Francis Peyton |
| Succeeded by | Francis Peyton Levin Powell |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Elizabeth City County | |
| In office May 3, 1779 – June 9, 1780 Serving with John Tabb | |
| Preceded by | Miles King Worlich Westwood |
| Succeeded by | William Henry |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Stafford County | |
| In office May 5, 1783 – May 2, 1784 Serving with Charles Carter | |
| Preceded by | John Francis Mercer |
| Succeeded by | Bailey Washington Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 14, 1733 |
| Died | February 26, 1785 (aged 51) |
| Resting place | Mason family burial ground at Raspberry Plain Plantation, near Leesburg, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Children | Stevens Thomson Mason Abram Barnes Thomson Mason John Thomson Mason Ann Thomson Mason Chichester Dorothea Anna Thomson Mason Hirst Westwood Thomson Mason William Temple Thomson Mason George Thomson Mason |
| Parent(s) | George Mason III Ann Stevens Thomson |
| Relatives | George Mason IV (brother) |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
| Occupation | Planter, lawyer, jurist |
Thomson Mason (14 August 1733 – 26 February 1785) was an American barrister, planter and politician. A younger brother of George Mason IV and delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention, Thomson Mason was the father of Stevens Thomson Mason (who after service in the American Revolutionary War followed his father's career into law and politics and eventually become a U.S. Senator from Virginia), and was the great-grandfather of Stevens T. Mason, first Governor of Michigan.