Saturday, 22 August 2015

949 Thomas Bevan




Constituency : Gravesend  1880

Thomas  recaptured  Gravesend  for  the  Liberals.

Thomas  was  a  doctor's  son  from  Kent. He  was  a  cement  manufacturer.

Thomas's  election  was  voided  on  petition  because  he  had  given  his  workers  the  afternoon  off  to  vote  for  him.

He  died  in  1907  aged  78.


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