Thomas Tonkin - Cornish Historian Born

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The Cornish historian Thomas Tonkin was born in St. Agnes, Cornwall, in 1678. A member of the lesser gentry, Tonkin became MP for Helston and participated in Stannary Court business. Like many of his contemporaries he was involved in tin and copper mat