Thomas Charles Scanlen
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Thomas Charles Scanlen (b. 9 July 1834 - d. 15 December 1912) was a politician, British administrator and Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1881 to 1884.
Scanlen was born 9 July 1834 on Longford Farm near the town of Albany in the Cape Colony. He married Emma Thackwray on 1855 in Cradock, Cape Colony; the couple had four children.
He was appointed as prime minister of the Cape Colony on 9 May 1881, the first locally-born person to hold this position.
Scanlen died on 15 December 1912 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe).
| Preceded by Sir John Gordon Sprigg |
Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1881–1884 |
Succeeded by Thomas Upington |
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