Wednesday, 2 August 2017

1635 Thomas Bethell

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Constituency : Maldon 1906-10

Thomas  narrowly  took  Maldon  from  the  Tories.

Thomas  was  educated  at  Heversham  Grammmar  School. He  became  a  barrister.

Thomas's  most  substantial  contribution  in  the  House  was  a  speech  in  support  of  the  Old  Age  Pensions Bill  in  1908.

Thomas  was  defeated  by  869  votes  in  January  910.

Thomas  was  knighted  in 1914. He  was  Deputy-Chairman  of  the  County  of  London  Electric  Supply  Co. Ltd.

Thomas  contested  Eye  in  1924  but  came  a  distant  second to  the  Conservatives.

He  died  in  1957  aged  90.

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