Thomas Bethell

Sir Thomas Bethell

Sir Thomas Robert Bethell (8 May 1867[1] – 23 December 1957) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.[2]

Biography

Bethell was born in Grange-over-Sands,[3] the son of George Bethell of South Woodford and Frances Tipper. His elder brother was the politician John Bethell, who was created a baronet in 1911 and Baron Bethell in 1922. He was educated at Heversham Grammar School. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1897. He was Liberal MP for Maldon, Essex from 1906–10.[1][4]

Bethell was knighted in 1914.[5] After the Great War, he contested the Eye, Suffolk constituency seat in Parliament in October 1924.

Sir Thomas Bethell served as Deputy-Chairman of the County of London Electric Supply Co. Ltd, and a Director of other Associated and Subsidiary Companies until those companies were nationalised.[2]

Personal life

He married Edith Lillie Tabor in 1925; Edith Lillie, Lady Bethell died 8 November 1957.[1]

Election results

General Election 1906: Maldon[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Robert Bethell 4,773 50.8 +9.3
Conservative Hon. Charles Hedley Strutt 4,624 49.2 -9.3
Majority 149 1.6
Turnout 88.5 +9.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2716.
  2. 1 2 "Sir Thomas Bethell". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 24 December 1957. p. 9.
  3. ↑ 1871 England Census
  4. ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  5. ↑ Notice of knighthood of Thomas Robert Bethell, Esq., thegazette.co.uk; accessed 22 December 2014.
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Hedley Strutt		 Member of Parliament for Maldon
1906–January 1910		 Succeeded by
James Fortescue Flannery
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