Thomson Mason | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing 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 representing Loudoun County | |
| In office May 5, 1777 – May 2, 1779 Serving with Josiah Clapham | |
| Preceded by | Francis Peyton |
| Succeeded by | Francis Peyton |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing 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 Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | February 26, 1785 (aged 51) Raspberry Plain plantation, Loudoun County, Virginia |
| Resting place | Mason family burial ground at Raspberry Plain |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Mary King Barnes Elizabeth Westwood Wallace |
| Relations | brother of George Mason IV |
| 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 |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
| Occupation | planter, lawyer, jurist |
Thomson Mason (14 August 1733 – 26 February 1785)[1] was an American lawyer, planter and jurist. A younger brother of George Mason IV, United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, Thomson Mason would father 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.