Thomas Panton (1731 – 29 November 1808) was an English racehorse owner. He was the son of Thomas Panton (1697–1782), master of the king's running-horses at

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. A sister,

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, married in 1750

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. Thomas Panton the younger lived as a country gentleman at

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in Cambridgeshire. He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for

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after the death in 1770 of

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. He was

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in 1789. His chief reputation was gained as an owner of racehorses; he was a member of the

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in 1753, within a few years of its foundation, and figured conspicuously on the turf until his death. Charles Pigott, in his satire ''The Jockey Club'' (1792) could find no harm to say of him, describing him a "truly well-bred, agreeable, good-humoured man". Panton won the

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in 1786 with his horse

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. He died on 29 November 1808 in Newmarket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panton, Thomas 1731 births 1808 deaths People from Fen Ditton English racehorse owners and breeders High sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire