Thomas Gill (1788 – 20 October 1861) was a

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Whig politician and industrialist. Born in 1788 in

Tavistock Tavistock ( ) is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England. It is situated on the River Tavy from which its name derives. At the 2011 census the three electoral wards (North, South and South West) had a population of 13 ...

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, Gill founded the Milbay Soaps Works in 1818 and, at some point, worked in the Tavistock Iron Works. He was also chairman of the

South Devon Railway Company The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The line had to traverse difficult hilly terrain, and the compa ...

. Gill was elected a Whig

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for Plymouth at the 1841 general election but stepped down at the next election in 1847.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Thomas UK MPs 1841–1847 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies 1788 births 1861 deaths Politicians from Tavistock South Devon Railway Company Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Plymouth