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'''[[The Right Honourable|The Rt. Hon.]] Thomas Lough''', [[His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|P.C.]] (1850 – 11 January 1922), was an [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] radical<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6D8JRfARUrAC& |
'''[[The Right Honourable|The Rt. Hon.]] Thomas Lough''', [[His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|P.C.]] (1850 – 11 January 1922), was an [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] radical<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6D8JRfARUrAC&q=Thomas+Lough+radical+liberal&pg=PA170 |title = Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-century British Politics|isbn = 9780415226769|last1 = Laybourn|first1 = Keith| author-link = Keith Laybourn |year = 2002}}</ref> [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician. |
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He was born in [[County Cavan]], [[Ireland]], to Mathew Lough and Martha Steel, and was educated at The Royal School in [[Cavan Town]] and at Wesleyan Connexional School, [[Dublin]]. |
He was born in [[County Cavan]], [[Ireland]], to Mathew Lough and Martha Steel, and was educated at The Royal School in [[Cavan Town]] and at Wesleyan Connexional School, [[Dublin]]. |
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He worked as a tea merchant in London from 1880. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]] at the [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886 general election]] and in 1888 appointed [[Ramsay MacDonald]] as a private secretary. Lough was Liberal [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington West]] from 1892 until 1918. He was [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education]] from 1905 until 1908. |
He worked as a tea merchant in London from 1880. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]] at the [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886 general election]] and in 1888 appointed [[Ramsay MacDonald]] as a private secretary. Lough was Liberal [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington West]] from 1892 until 1918. He was [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education]] from 1905 until 1908. |
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Thomas along with his younger brother Arthur Steel Lough were pioneers of the Drummully Agricultural Co-operative & Dairy Society in 1896, later to become Killeshandra Co-operative Agricultural Dairy Society and progressed to become one of Ireland's leading dairy companies, now internationally known as [[Lakeland Dairies]]. |
Thomas along with his younger brother Arthur Steel Lough were pioneers of the Drummully Agricultural Co-operative & Dairy Society in 1896, later to become Killeshandra Co-operative Agricultural Dairy Society and progressed to become one of Ireland's leading dairy companies, now internationally known as [[Lakeland Dairies]]. |
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington West]] |
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| years = [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]]–[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:49, 15 August 2024
The Rt. Hon. Thomas Lough, P.C. (1850 – 11 January 1922), was an Anglo-Irish radical[1] Liberal politician.
He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, to Mathew Lough and Martha Steel, and was educated at The Royal School in Cavan Town and at Wesleyan Connexional School, Dublin.
He worked as a tea merchant in London from 1880. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Truro at the 1886 general election and in 1888 appointed Ramsay MacDonald as a private secretary. Lough was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington West from 1892 until 1918. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education from 1905 until 1908.
Thomas along with his younger brother Arthur Steel Lough were pioneers of the Drummully Agricultural Co-operative & Dairy Society in 1896, later to become Killeshandra Co-operative Agricultural Dairy Society and progressed to become one of Ireland's leading dairy companies, now internationally known as Lakeland Dairies.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Cavan from 1907 until his death, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1908. As part of the former position, he was Custos Rotulorum for County Cavan[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Laybourn, Keith (2002). Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-century British Politics. ISBN 9780415226769.
- ^ Catalogue of the papers of John Redmond, Collection list 118, National Library of Ireland, p. 233. Available from: http://www.nli.ie/en/ManuscriptListResult.aspx?NameSrKey=redmond&CategorySrKey=&ListNumberSrKey=&SortAction=&SortOrderAction=asc&ResultsReqKey=
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