Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, PC (c.1627 – 3 November 1687) succeeded to his family's estate around Hewell Grange near Redditch in 1645, the same year he distinguished himself in the Battle of Naseby. Hickman-Windsor impressed King Charles I by relieving his garrison at High Ercall.
Upon the Restoration, the title of Baron Windsor was called out of abeyance in his favour, on June 16 1660. From 1661 to 1663, he served as Governor of Jamaica.
He acquired the Navigation of the Warwickshire Avon from James, Duke of York and employed Andrew Yarranton to restore Pershore Sluice, thus restoring navigation from Tewkesbury to Evesham. He then sold two-thirds of the navigation above Evesham to Andrew Yarranton and others, who restored the navigation from there to Stratford-upon-Avon. He and George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol financed Andrew Yarranton's ultimately unsuccessful attempts to improve the River Salwarpe and River Stour to make them navigable.
On December 6 1682, Windsor was created the first Earl of Plymouth. He was succeeded by his grandson Other Windsor.
Family
He married, firstly, Anne Savile, daughter of Sir William Saville, 3rd Baronet, on 12 May 1656. They had three children:
*Lady Mary Windsor (d. 1694)
*Other Windsor, Lord Windsor (1659–1684)
*Ann Windsor (died in infancy)
On 9 April 1668, he married, secondly, Ursula Widdrington, daughter of Sir Thomas Widdrington. They had six children:
*Hon. Dixie Windsor (d. 1743)
*Hon. William Windsor (d. 1682)
*Brigadier Hon. Andrews Windsor, to whom his mother gave the Upper Avon Navigation
*Lady Ursula Windsor (d. 1737)
*Lady Elizabeth Windsor (d. 1737)
*Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor of Blackcastle (d. 1738), to whom his mother gave the Lower Avon Navigation
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