Thursday 21 July 2016

1275 Thomas Little


Constituency : Whitehaven  1892-5

Thomas  took  Whitehaven  from  the  Tories.

Thomas  was  an  Irish  Protestant  from  Leinster. He  was  educated  at  Cambridge. He  was  active  in  Liverpool  Liberal  Association.

Thomas  was  an  enthusiastic  Home  Rule  supporter  though  he  called  for  a  system  of  proportional  representation  to  allow  the  Protestants  of  the  South  to  be  represented. He  also  supported  the  Employer's Liability  Bill.

He  died  in  1910  aged  64.

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