John Thomas (14 October 1712 – 22 August 1793) was an English churchman Bishop of Rochester from 1774.Born in Carlisle Cumbria he was the eldest son of John Thomas (died 1747) vicar of Brampton Cumberland by his wife Ann daughter of Richard Kelsick of Whitehaven a captain in the merchant service. He was educated at the Carlisle grammar school and went to The Queen’s College Oxford matriculating on 17 December 1730.
