Thicknesse was quite a character, he was Governor of Landguard Fort and built a cottage at Cobbold’s Point. There are many interesting connections: shipwrecks, Lord Orwell/Vernon dispute, Dr Dodd, and many more.
More to do on him!
Philip Thicknesse, Landguard’s Loosest Cannon | English Heritage (english-heritage.org.uk)
Volume 1 – Thicknesse, Philip. Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse: Late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and Unfortunately Father to George Touchet, Baron Audley. author, 1788.
Volume 2 –THICKNESSE, Philip. Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, Etc. William Jones, 1790.
Volume 3 –Thicknesse, Philip. Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse: Late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and Unfortunately Father to George Touchet, Baron Audley. author, 1791