Thomas Head


Sir Thomas Head was High Sheriff of Berkshire.

Biography

Thomas was born in 1714, the son of Richard Head of Bucklebury in West Berkshire. He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, and later Corpus Christi College, Oxford B.A.
In 1744, Thomas was knighted and was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire. He married Jane Holt of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk in 1750 and they lived together at Langley Hall in Hampstead Norreys.
His son Sir Walter James James, became the first baronet of Langley Hall.