Garrod Thomas

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Sir Abraham Garrod Thomas
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Member of Parliament for South Monmouthshire
In office
13 July 1917 – 25 November 1918
Preceded byIvor Herbert
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Personal details
Born5 October 1853
, Cardiganshire, Wales
Died30 January 1931 (aged 77)
NationalityWelsh
RelativesJohn Aeron Thomas (brother)
EducationMilford Haven
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Occupation
  • Physician
  • Philanthropist
  • Politician
Known for

Sir Abraham Garrod Thomas (5 October 1853 – 30 January 1931) was a Welsh physician, philanthropist, magistrate, politician and Member of Parliament.

Life[]

He was born at , near Aberaeron, in Cardiganshire, the son of Lewis Thomas; his older brother John Aeron Thomas, a solicitor and businessman, was also a Member of Parliament.[1][2][3] He was a Welsh speaker to age 13, and was educated at Milford Haven. At the University of Edinburgh he graduated M.B. in 1876, and that year also became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. After graduation he studied at Berlin and Vienna. He became M.D. at Edinburgh in 1878,[4] and started work in Newport, Monmouthshire.[1][2] In 1892 he founded the South Wales Argus.[5] In 1915 he donated the house at 25 Clytha Park, Newport for the treatment of tuberculous children.[6] He owned the Mansion House, Newport.[7]

Politics[]

Thomas was appointed High Sheriff of Cardiganshire for 1900.[8] He was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for South Monmouthshire in a 1917 by-election, but did not stand again.[2] At the time of the Newport by-election, in 1922, he was President of the local Liberal Association and was first approached to stand as Liberal candidate, but in the end William Lynden Moore was chosen, a neutral in the conflict between Asquith Liberals and supporters of Lloyd George.[9]

Family[]

In 1879 Thomas married Eleanor, daughter of Richard Hughes Richards of Newport.[1] The chemist Richard Noel Garrod-Thomas was their son.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons (1918), p. 160; archive.org.
  2. ^ a b c "Sir A. Garrod Thomas, Ll.d., M.d". British Medical Journal. 1 (3658): 288. 1931. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3658.288. PMC 2313772. PMID 20776010.
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons (1901), p. 148; archive.org.
  4. ^ Thomas, Abraham Garrod (1878). "On the effects of fright". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Viscount Camrose, British Newspapers and their Controllers (1947), p. 134; archive.org.
  6. ^ "Welsh Outlook" – Vol. 2, No. 2 Feb. 1915. Welshjournals.llgc.org.uk. Retrieved on 2014-06-06.
  7. ^ welshicons.org.uk, "Mansion House, Newport" Archived 10 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Welshicons.org.uk. Retrieved on 2014-06-06.
  8. ^ "No. 27171". The London Gazette. 6 March 1900. p. 1520.
  9. ^ Chris Cook; John Ramsden (1 October 1997). By-Elections In British Politics. Psychology Press. pp. 24–5. ISBN 978-1-85728-535-2. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  10. ^ Edward Hilliard (editor), The Balliol College Register 1832–1914 (1914), p. 119; archive.org.
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