Wednesday 12 April 2017

1527 Sir Thomas Glen-coats


Constituency : Western  Renfrewshire  1906-10

Thomas  took  West  Renfrewshire  which  had  been  Tory  since  its  creation  in  1885.

Thomas  was  a  director  of  a  thread-making  firm. He  was  active  in  the  Volunteers.He  was  created  a  baronet  in  1894. He  was  narrowly  defeated  in  1900. He  was  a  Baptist.

Sir  Thomas  made  little  contribution  in  Parliament.

Thomas  stood  down  in  January  1910.

He  died  in  1922  aged  76. His  son  was  an  Olympic  sailor.

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