Owen Thomas (politician)
Sir Owen Thomas, JP, DL (18 December 1858 – 6 March 1923) was a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Anglesey.[1]
Sir Owen Thomas | |
|---|---|
 General Thomas | |
| Member of Parliament for Anglesey | |
| In office 14 December 1918 – 6 March 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Thomas, Bt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Owen Thomas 18 December 1858 Anglesey |
| Died | 6 March 1923 (aged 64) |
| Resting place | Ebenezer Cemetery, Llanfechell |
| Political party | Independent Labour |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal, Labour |
| Spouse | Frederica Pershouse |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents |
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| Education | Liverpool College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | 3rd (Militia) Battalion Manchester Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers Prince of Wales Light Horse Regiment |
| Commands | Prince of Wales Light Horse |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
Born on Anglesey, Thomas raised the Prince of Wales Light Horse regiment to serve in the Second Boer War. He commanded the regiment and later became the Brigadier-General commanding the North Wales Brigade. He also served as chief officer of the Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea section of the Board of Trade, and in his spare time bred farm stock.[2]
Thomas took an interest in politics and stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in Oswestry at the 1895 United Kingdom general election. At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, he was elected for Anglesey as an independent labour candidate. He joined the Labour Party group in Parliament but resigned the party whip in 1920, and was re-elected in 1922 as an independent. He died in 1923, causing the 1923 Anglesey by-election.[2]
He was knighted on 21 February 1917.[3]
Education
He was educated at Liverpool College, and afterwards devoted himself to farming; later he became agent to the Plas Coch and Brynddu estates; in 1893-7 he sat as member of the Royal Commission on Agricultural Depression - he and lord Rendel were the only representatives of Wales on that body.
Area of activity
Military; Nature and Agriculture; Politics, Government and Political Movements
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. III. Brighton: Harvester Press. p. 353. ISBN 0855273259.
- "No. 30022". The London Gazette. 17 April 1917. p. 3596.