Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael

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Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael GCSI, GCIE, KCMG, DL (18 March 1859 – 16 January 1926), known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 11th Baronet, from 1891 to 1912, was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.

The eldest son of Rev. Sir William Henry Gibson-Carmichael, 10th Baronet and Eleanora Anderson, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He succeeded his father as 11th Baronet in 1891.

He was Private Secretary to Sir George Trevelyan and Lord Dalhousie, when Secretaries for Scotland and was Chairman of the Scottish Board of Lunacy from 1894–1897.

He contested Peebles and Selkirk in 1892, and sat as Liberal member for Midlothian from 1895–1900, succeeding William Gladstone. He was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 1904–1908, and of National Gallery from 1906–1908 and from 1923–1926. He was Governor of Victoria, Australia, 1908–1911; Madras, 1911–1912; Bengal, 1912–1917; Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire, 1920–1926.

He was appointed a KCMG in 1908, GCIE in 1911 and GCSI in 1917. In 1912 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Carmichael, of Skirling in the County of Peebles.

The Barony became extinct on his death, and he was succeeded to the baronetcy by his cousin Sir Henry Thomas Gibson-Craig, 5th Baronet.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Gladstone	Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1895–1900	Succeeded by The Master of Elibank
Freemasonry offices
Preceded by Hon. Charles Ramsay	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1907–1909	Succeeded by Marquess of Tullibardine
Government offices
Preceded by Maj Gen Sir Reginald Talbot	Governor of Victoria 1908–1911	Succeeded by Sir John Fuller
Preceded by The Lord Wenlock	Governor of Madras 1911–1912	Succeeded by The Lord Pentland
Preceded by Sir Andrew Fraser	Governor of Fort William 1912–1917	Succeeded by The Marquess of Zetland
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Edward Tennant, Bt	Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire 1920–1926	Succeeded by ?
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Carmichael 1912–1926	Succeeded by Extinct
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by William Henry Gibson-Carmichael	Baronet (of Keirhill) 1891–1926	Succeeded by Henry Gibson-Craig-Carmichael