Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet (3 April 1858 – 7 March 1932), [1] born Charles Thomas, was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton. He sat in the House of Commons from 1914 to 1922.
The son of David Collet Thomas, from Hove, [2] he was educated at the Highgate School and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA degree in 1881. [3] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1882, [2] but did not practice. [3]
In 1897 he married Ellen Stanford, the daughter and heiress of William Stanford of Preston Park, Sussex, and widow of Vere Benett-Stanford, the former MP for Shaftesbury. In the same year he changed his name by royal licence to Thomas-Stanford. [2]
Thomas-Stanford became a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Brighton, and served as Mayor of Brighton in 1910–11 and 1912–14, [2] becoming an alderman by 1914. [4]
Thomas-Stanford was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Brighton [5] in June 1914 [6] at an unopposed by-election following the resignation of the Conservative MP John Gordon. [5] [7] He was re-elected in 1918 [8] as a Coalition Conservative [9] (i.e. a supporter of the coalition government led by the Liberal David Lloyd George), and stood down from Parliament at the 1922 general election. [9]
In 1922 he donated Lewes Castle to the Sussex Archaeological Society, of which he was a long-serving chairman. [3]
Thomas-Stanford was made a baronet on the 1929 New Year Honours [10] and the title was conferred on 8 May 1929. [11]
He died aged 73 on 7 March 1932 at his home Preston Manor, Brighton, [3] which was bequeathed to Brighton Corporation.
Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet (3 April 1858 – 7 March 1932), [1] born Charles Thomas, was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton. He sat in the House of Commons from 1914 to 1922.
The son of David Collet Thomas, from Hove, [2] he was educated at the Highgate School and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA degree in 1881. [3] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1882, [2] but did not practice. [3]
In 1897 he married Ellen Stanford, the daughter and heiress of William Stanford of Preston Park, Sussex, and widow of Vere Benett-Stanford, the former MP for Shaftesbury. In the same year he changed his name by royal licence to Thomas-Stanford. [2]
Thomas-Stanford became a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Brighton, and served as Mayor of Brighton in 1910–11 and 1912–14, [2] becoming an alderman by 1914. [4]
Thomas-Stanford was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Brighton [5] in June 1914 [6] at an unopposed by-election following the resignation of the Conservative MP John Gordon. [5] [7] He was re-elected in 1918 [8] as a Coalition Conservative [9] (i.e. a supporter of the coalition government led by the Liberal David Lloyd George), and stood down from Parliament at the 1922 general election. [9]
In 1922 he donated Lewes Castle to the Sussex Archaeological Society, of which he was a long-serving chairman. [3]
Thomas-Stanford was made a baronet on the 1929 New Year Honours [10] and the title was conferred on 8 May 1929. [11]
He died aged 73 on 7 March 1932 at his home Preston Manor, Brighton, [3] which was bequeathed to Brighton Corporation.