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William Mitchell-Thomson

Born: 15 April 1877, Edinburgh

Died: 24 December 1938

1st Baron Selsdon - 14 January 1932

2nd Baronet - 15 November 1918

Member of Privy Council - 8 December 1924

son of Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson

husband of Madeleine McEacharn

husband of Effie Lilian Loder Johnson

Winchester College

Balliol College, Oxford

Edinburgh University (- 1902)

Barrister

Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade	1 April 1921	19 October 1922
Postmaster-General	4 November 1924	4 June 1929

23 January 1906	North Western Lanarkshire	Conservative Party	5,588	40.52
25 January 1910	North Western Lanarkshire	Conservative Party	7,528	42.61
28 April 1910	Northern Down	Unionist	Unopposed
7 December 1910	Northern Down	Unionist	Unopposed
14 December 1918	Glasgow Maryhill	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,913	60.15
15 November 1922	Glasgow Maryhill	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,951	39.64
6 December 1923	Croydon South	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,310	45.51
29 October 1924	Croydon South	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,734	64.65
30 May 1929	Croydon South	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,258	49.20
27 October 1931	Croydon South	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,672	80.34
14 January 1932 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Selsdon.