Thomas Gill | |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth | |
In office 1 July 1841 – 29 July 1847 Serving with
Hugh Fortescue | |
Preceded by |
John Collier Thomas Bewes |
Succeeded by |
Hugh Fortescue Roundell Palmer |
Personal details | |
Born | 1788 Tavistock, Devon, England |
Died | 20 October 1861 Tavistock, Devon, England | (aged 72–73)
Political 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]
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Thomas Gill | |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth | |
In office 1 July 1841 – 29 July 1847 Serving with
Hugh Fortescue | |
Preceded by |
John Collier Thomas Bewes |
Succeeded by |
Hugh Fortescue Roundell Palmer |
Personal details | |
Born | 1788 Tavistock, Devon, England |
Died | 20 October 1861 Tavistock, Devon, England | (aged 72–73)
Political 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]
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