Saturday 27 February 2016

1134 Thomas Bolton




Constituency : St  Pancras  North  1885-6, 1890-95

Thomas  won  the  new  seat  of  St  Pancras  North.

Thomas  was  born  at  Clerkenwell. He  became  a  solicitor  in  1869.

Thomas  was  a  frequent  speaker  in  the  Commons  on  legal  matters  but  never  held  government  office.

Thomas  was  defeated  in  1886  but  regained  the  seat  in  a  by-election  in  1890  when  the  Tory  became  a  peer.

Thomas  stood  down  in  1895.

He  died  in  1915  aged  75.

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