| Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
| Thomas Birkin | |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Isaac Birkin |
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1831 |
| Resting Place: | Wilford Hill Cemetery, West Bridgford, Nottingham |
| Occupation: | Lace manufacturer |
| Boards: | Great Northern Railway |
| Children: | 9 |
| Parents: | Richard Birkin |
| Relatives: | Freda Dudley Ward (granddaughter) |
Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin, 1st Baronet (15 February 1831 – 16 January 1922) was a British lace manufacturer, living in Nottingham.
He was born on 15 February 1831, the second son of Richard Birkin (1805–1870), who founded the family lace-making business.[1] [2]
After his father retired in 1856, his sons Richard Jr and Thomas took over, until Richard Jr retired in 1862, and Thomas was left in sole charge.[2]
By 1898, the business had been split into two companies, Birkin and Co (fancy lace), and T. I. Birkin and Co (lace curtains), both headquartered at Broadway, Nottingham.[2] They had expanded internationally, with large factories in Saxony and Chester, Pennsylvania, US.[2]
Birkin was a magistrate, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, of which he was the High Sheriff in 1892.[2] He was a director of the Great Northern Railway.[2]
He married Harriet Tebbutt (1835-1921), on 9 October 1856, and they had nine children:
He died on 16 January 1922,[1] and is buried in the grade II listed Birkin Mausoleum, a small classical temple built in 1921 of Portland stone in Wilford Hill Cemetery, West Bridgford, Nottingham.[3]