Thomas Ball Silcock

Thomas Ball Silcock MP, circa 1906

Thomas Ball Silcock (19 September 1854 – 1 April 1924), was a British Liberal Party politician in the radical tradition.[1]

Background

He was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire to Thomas Ball Silcock and Amelia Milsom. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He got a BSc. from London University. He married in 1881, Mary Frances Tarrant of Bath. They had three sons and two daughters. [2]

Career

He worked as an architect and surveyor. He was Mayor of Bath from 1900–01 and again from 1910–11. He was a Justice of the Peace.[3] He was elected Liberal MP for the Wells Division of Somerset at the 1906 General Election, gaining the seat from the Conservatives. He was defeated by the Conservatives at the following General Election in January 1910. He did not stand for parliament again.[4]

Further reading

Thomas Ball Silcock of Bath: a memoir, by Nathaniel Micklem, published by G. Allen & Unwin, Limited, 1924.

References

  1. ↑ Liberals, Radicals and Social Politics, 1892-1914 by Hugh V. Emy
  2. ↑ Who's Who
  3. ↑ Who's Who
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Edmund Dickinson		 Member of Parliament for Wells
1906–1910 		Succeeded by
George John Sandys
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