1623 Thomas Berridge

Constituency : Warwick  and   Leamington  1906-10

Thomas  took  Warwick  and  Leamington  from  the  Liberal  Unionist  Alfred  Lyttelton. Llyd  George  came  to  speak  for  him  duing  a  rowdy  campaign.

Thomas  was  a  vicar's  son  from  Lancashire. He  was  educated  privately  and  at  Upholland  Grammar  School  where  his  father  was  headmaster. He  became  a  solicitor  and  held  positions  in  a  number  of  legal  bodies. In  1903  he  contested  the  by-election  at  Warwick  and  Leamington  when  Lyttelton  was  appointed  Colonial  Secretary. Thomas  reduced  the  Unionist  majority  to  190. In  1904  he  was  secretary  of  a  committee  of  leading  Liberals to  mark  Harcourt's  retirement  and  commissioned  two  paintings  on  its  behalf.

Thomas  was  defeated  in  January  1910  and  again  in  December.

Thomas  was  knighted  in  1912.

Thomas  organised  hospitals  for  the  Royal  Flying  Corps  during  World  War  One.

He  died  in  1924  aged  67.