Offices and Honours
- Sinecure rectory of Corwen, Merioneth, (1782);
- Canon of Westminster, (1784);
- Doctor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, (1784);
- Rector of Sudbourn-cum-Offord, (1785);
- Fellow of the Royal Society, (1785);
- Dean of St Paul's, (1787–1820);
- Charles I had originally conferred a Nova Scotia baronetcy on Sir Thomas Pretyman but it had been dormant since 1749. In February 1823, Tomline's claim to the baronetcy was confirmed and he became Sir George Pretyman Tomline, 5th Baronet.
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