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Thomas Lough (1850 – 11 January 1922) was a British Liberal politician.

He was born in Ireland to Matthew Lough and Martha Steel of Cavan, and was educated at the Royal School Cavan 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 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.

He was Lord Lieutenant of Cavan from 1907 until his death, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1908. As part of this position, he was Custos Rotulourm for County Cavan^[1]

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^ 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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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Chamberlain	Member of Parliament for Islington West 1892–1918	Succeeded by Sir George Samuel Elliott
Political offices
Preceded by Sir William Reynell Anson	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education 1905–1908	Succeeded by Thomas McKinnon Wood
Honorary titles
Preceded by Edward James Saunderson	Lord Lieutenant of Cavan 1907–1922	Office abolished

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[1] 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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