See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:MILNER See also:GIBSON (1806-1884)
, See also:English politician, who came of a See also:good See also:Suffolk See also:family, was See also:born in See also:Trinidad, where his See also:father, an officer in the See also:army, was serving
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He went to Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and in 1837 was elected to See also:parliament as Conservative member for See also:Ipswich, but resigned two years later, having adopted Liberal views, and became anardent supporter of the See also:free-See also:trade See also:movement
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As one of See also:Cobden's See also:chief See also:allies, he was elected for See also:Manchester in 1841, and from 1846 to 1848 he was See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:board of trade in See also:Lord See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell's See also:ministry
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Though defeated in Manchester in 1857, he found another seat for See also:Ashton-under-Lyne; and he sat in the cabinets from 1859 to 1866 as president of the board of trade
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He was the leading spirit in the movement for the See also:repeal of " taxes on knowledge," and his successful efforts on behalf of journalism and advertising were recognized by a public testimonial in 1862
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He retired from See also:political See also:life in 1868, but he and his wife, whose See also:salon was a See also:great Liberal centre, were for many years very influential in society
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See also:Milner See also:Gibson was a sportsman and a typical See also:man of the See also:world, who enjoyed life and behaved liberally to those connected with him
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