Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585–1655), an Irish soldier of the 17th century.
Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (1862–1955) professor of archeology at Princeton University
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General Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585–1655) who fought on the side of Confederation in the Irish Confederate Wars (1642-1649)
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Thomas Scott Preston (1824–1891) Roman Catholic Vicar General of New York
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Jerome was the son of Jerome Knapp Senior of Chieveley in Berkshire and Walthamstow in Essex (now Greater London) and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Preston of Bromley in Kent and heiress of her brother, Alderman Thomas Preston of the City.