1397 Thomas Hedderwick

Constituency  : Wick  Burghs  1896-1900

Thomas  captured  Wick Burghs  from  the  Liberal  Unionists  after  Sir  John  Pender  stepped  down  ( and  indeed  died  just  weeks  later ).

Thomas  was  the  son  of  Glasgow  newspaper  proprietor  James  Hedderwick. He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow   and  became  a  barrister. He  contested  South  Lanarkshire  in  1892. He  ran  Pender  close  in  1895.

Thomas  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  debates  across  many  issues. He  supported  an  Imperial  Federation  rather  than  the  empire in  its  current  form.

 In  1900  Thomas  was  narrowly  defeated  by  the  Liberal  Unionist  Arthur  Bignold. He  lodged  a  petition  against  the  result  but  then  withdrew  it. He  contested  Newbury  in  January  1910.

Thomas  became  a  London  magstrate.

He  died  in  1918  aged  67.