Thomas Gill (1788–1861)
Thomas Gill | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Plymouth | |
| In office 1 July 1841 – 29 July 1847 Serving with Hugh Fortescue | |
| Preceded by | John Collier Thomas Bewes |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Fortescue Roundell Palmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1788 Tavistock, Devon, England |
| Died | 20 October 1861 (aged 72–73) Tavistock, Devon, England |
| Political party | Whig |
Thomas Gill (1788 – 20 October 1861)[1] was a British Whig politician and industrialist.[2][3][4]
Born in 1788 in Tavistock, Devon, Gill founded the Milbay Soaps Works in 1818 and, at some point, worked in the Tavistock Iron Works. He was also chairman of the South Devon Railway Company.[4]
Gill was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Plymouth at the 1841 general election but stepped down at the next election in 1847.[2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Rayment, Leigh (27 October 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "P"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 73–75. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ "General Election". Morning Post. 2 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Thomas Gill". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. pp. 24 November 2013. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.