Thomas Gill (1788–1861) Explained

Thomas Gill
Office:Member of Parliament
for Plymouth
Term Start:1 July 1841
Term End:29 July 1847
Predecessor:John Collier
Thomas Bewes
Successor:Hugh Fortescue
Roundell Palmer
Alongside:Hugh Fortescue
Birth Date:1788
Birth Place:Tavistock, Devon, England
Death Place:Tavistock, Devon, England
Nationality:British
Party:Whig

Thomas Gill (1788 – 20 October 1861)[1] was a British Whig politician and industrialist.[2] [3] [4]

Born in 1788 in Tavistock, Devon, Gill founded the Milbay Soaps Works in 1818 and, at some point, worked in the Tavistock Iron Works. He was also chairman of the South Devon Railway Company.[4]

Gill was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Plymouth at the 1841 general election but stepped down at the next election in 1847.[2] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "P" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 27 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181127170117/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons2.htm. 27 November 2018 . usurped . 27 October 2018 .
  2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 73–75 .
  3. News: General Election . 25 June 2018 . Morning Post . 2 July 1841 . 3–4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Web site: Thomas Gill . Grace's Guide to British Industrial History . 27 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181127170548/https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Gill . 27 November 2018 . 24 November 2013 . live.
  5. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 240.