UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 26 March 1856, Aberdare, Glamorganshire

Died: 3 July 1918

1st Baron Rhondda - 28 January 1916

1st Viscount Rhondda - 19 June 1918

Member of Privy Council - 13 December 1916

son of Samuel Thomas

husband of Sybil Margaret Haig

Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (- 1880)

Industrialist

President of the Board of Local Government	13 December 1916	19 June 1917
Minister of Food Control	19 June 1917	3 July 1918

14 March 1888	Merthyr Tydvil	Liberal Party	Unopposed
7 July 1892	Merthyr Tydvil	Liberal Party	11,948	84.79
17 July 1895	Merthyr Tydvil	Liberal Party	9,250	61.65
4 October 1900	Merthyr Tydvil	Liberal Party	8,598	75.57
17 January 1906	Merthyr Tydvil	Liberal Party	13,971	76.80
19 January 1910	Cardiff District of Boroughs	Liberal Party	13,207	53.13