Thomas Mortimer
1730 – 1810
Vice-Consul for the Austrian Netherlands (1762-1768) and writer on finance and political economy.
Show more
Mortimer was a prolific writer on economics and public finance who opposed increasing taxes domestically or imposing taxes on the colonies, contending that current public provision was sufficient to meet the needs of the national debt incurred in the Seven Years War. He was known to be a close friend of the radical John Wilkes.
No works assigned
No works about this person
No quotes from this person
