1792 in an open letter to Samuel Parr; and as the columnist "Ignotus" in The Oracle he supported Charles James Fox. Family Thomson was twice married, firstly to Diana Miltone, who was Scottish. His second wife was a novelist, who wrote The Labyrinth of Life and other works. There were children by both marriages. Notes Attribution 1746 births 1817 deaths Alumni of the University of St Andrews 18th-century Scottish historians Scottish journalists 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland