John William Howard Thompson (1861-17 October 1959) was a British
Liberal Party
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politician, solicitor and soldier.
Background
He was educated at
Carshalton
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and
Whitgift School
("He who perseveres, conquers")
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Croydon
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. He married Antoinette Ebden Keene of
Crewkerne
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Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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. They had two daughters. His wife died in 1940. His daughter Antoinette Winifred Thompson married the 6th
Marquess Conyngham
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.
Career
He worked as a
solicitor. He was Liberal MP for
Somerset East
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from 1906 to 1910. He gained the seat at the 1906 General Election from the Liberal Unionists.
He served just one parliamentary term before losing his seat back to the Liberal Unionists at the General Election in January 1910.
He stood again at the General Election of December 1910 but was unable to regain his seat.
He was a
captain in the Devonshire 11th Service battalion in 1915 and a
major in the
24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) in 1916.
[The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1931] He did not contest the 1918 General election. He did however contested the
1920 Ilford by-election
The Ilford (UK Parliament constituency), Ilford by-election of 25 September 1920 was held after the death of the Coalition Unionist Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament Sir William Peter Griggs. The Coalition retained the se ...
, where he finished third;
He remained at Ilford to contest the seat at the 1922 General Election, when he came second, pushing Labour into third place.
He did not contest the following three General Elections but remained a supporter of the Liberal Party. His return to the electoral fight came at the 1931 General Election, when he returned to Somerset and fought the Conservative seat of
Wells. Much of the Wells constituency was part of the Somerset East constituency that he had represented before the First World War. He came second with a credible vote share;
He did not stand for parliament again.
Sources
*Who Was Who
*British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.
References
External links
*Thompson newsreel footage from 192
Pathe*Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com
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1861 births
1959 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1906–1910