Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gibb Thom DSO MC (1 August 1891 – 19 February 1941) was a British soldier, judge and politician from

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. Thom served with the Gordon Highlanders, and was awarded the

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in 1917, and later that year received the

Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful ...

for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty". He was elected as a Member of Parliament for

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in 1926, losing the 1929 election but returning to office in 1931, where he stayed until resigning a year later. In 1937 he was knighted as part of the New Years Honours, and was also made Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature in

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, a position he held until his death in 1941, aged 49.''Indian Annual Register, 1941''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thom, John Gibb 1891 births 1941 deaths Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Knights Bachelor Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Recipients of the Military Cross UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1931–1935 Gordon Highlanders officers British Army personnel of World War I