Thomas Kellock
His Honour Thomas Oslaf Kellock QC (4 July 1923 – 12 January 1993), was a British Judge, Liberal Party politician and leading figure in the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
Background
[edit]He was the son of surgeon Thomas Herbert Kellock of Cambridge and Margaret Brooke. He was educated at Rugby School and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1967 he married Jane Ursula Symonds.[1]
Professional career
[edit]He was barrister and a member of the chambers of former Liberal MP Dingle Foot.
Political career
[edit]He was elected a member of the Liberal Party council.[2] He was Liberal candidate for the Torquay division of Devon at the 1959 General Election. He was Chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1963–65.[3] He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1966 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1968 Kensington South by-election. He was Liberal candidate for the Harwich division of Essex at the October 1974 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.[4] He was actively involved in Liberal International as Chairman of the British section.
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederic Bennett | 29,527 | 56.79 | ||
| Labour | WV Cooper | 11,784 | 22.66 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Kellock | 10,685 | 20.55 | ||
| Majority | 17,743 | 34.12 | |||
| Turnout | 76.91 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Roots | 21,050 | 65.1 | ||
| Labour | J.V. Rosenhead | 6,419 | 19.8 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Kellock | 4,871 | 15.1 | ||
| Majority | 14,631 | 45.2 | |||
| Turnout | 55,660 | 58.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brandon Rhys-Williams | 16,489 | 75.5 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Kellock | 2,742 | 12.6 | ||
| Labour | Clive Bradley | 1,874 | 8.6 | ||
| Independent | Sinclair Eustace | 675 | 3.1 | ||
| Independent | William Gold | 59 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 13,747 | 63.0 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julian Ridsdale | 29,963 | 46.7 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | JB Fryer | 19,135 | 29.8 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Kellock | 15,048 | 23.5 | −4.6 | |
| Majority | 10,828 | 16.9 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 64,146 | 72.3 | −8.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
See also
[edit]- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)
- Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)
- 1968 Kensington South by-election
- Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)
- Liberal International
External links
[edit]- Kellock's page at the National Portrait Gallery:http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp81261/thomas-oslaf-kellock
- Obituary, The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-his-honour-thomas-kellock-1470260.html
References
[edit]- ^ ‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1959
- ^ ‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ "Politics Science Resources".