Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson, 2nd Baronet (30 October 1905 – 3 January 1972)
was a Scottish
Unionist politician.
Thomson was the son of
Sir Frederick Thomson, 1st Baronet
Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, 1st Baronet, (27 May 1875 – 21 April 1935) was a Scottish Unionist politician and lawyer.
Life
He was the third son of James Wishart Thomson of Glenpark, Balerno, Midlothian; James was a son of William Tho ...
and was educated at Oxford University. He was a member of the
Oxford
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crews in the
1926
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and
1927 Boat Race.
Thomson was elected as
member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
Aberdeen South at a by-election in May 1935
following the death of his father, who had held the seat for the Conservative party and from whom he also inherited the
baronetcy
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. He held the seat until he "
resigned
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" on 4 November 1946 by taking the
Chiltern Hundreds
The Chiltern Hundreds is an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three " hundreds" and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills. "Taking the Chiltern Hundreds" refers to one of the legal fictions used to effect r ...
.
He is buried with his parents in the north-east corner of
Dean Cemetery
The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on ...
in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
.
See also
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List of Oxford University Boat Race crews
This is a list of the Oxford University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829. A coxswain or oarsman earns their rowing Blue by rowing in the Boat Race.
Rowers are listed left to right in boat position from bo ...
References
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External links
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1905 births
1972 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Oxford University Boat Club rowers
Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1935–1945
UK MPs 1945–1950
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies