Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet (12 May 1830-8 April 1904), was a British banker and Conservative politician.
His grandfather John Stevenson Salt, (High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1838), married Sarah Stevenson, the granddaughter of John Stevenson, founder in 1737 of a banking company in Stafford. Salt became a partner in the firm of Stevenson Salt & Co which had opened in Cheapside, London in 1788 and which in 1867 merged with Bosanquet & Co and later with Lloyds Banking Company.
He was returned to Parliament for Stafford in 1859, a seat he held until 1865, and again from 1869 to 1880, 1881 to 1885 and 1886 to 1892. In 1899 he was created a Baronet, of Standon, and of Weeping Cross in the County of Stafford. His estates included Baswich House built by his father in 1850 and Standon Hall which his son later rebuilt in 1901. He died in April 1904, aged 73.
His uncle was the banker William Salt, after whom the William Salt Library at Stafford is named.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Ayshford Wise Viscount Ingestre |
Member of Parliament for Stafford 1859–1865 With: John Ayshford Wise 1859–1860 Thomas Sidney 1860–1865 |
Succeeded by Michael Bass Walter Meller |
| Preceded by Walter Meller Henry Davis Pochin |
Member of Parliament for Stafford 1869–1880 With: Reginald Arthur James Talbot 1869–1874 Alexander Macdonald 1874–1880 |
Succeeded by Alexander Macdonald Charles McLaren |
| Preceded by Alexander Macdonald Charles McLaren |
Member of Parliament for Stafford 1881–1885 Served alongside: Charles McLaren |
Succeeded by Charles McLaren (representation reduced to one member 1885) |
| Preceded by Charles McLaren |
Member of Parliament for Stafford 1886–1892 |
Succeeded by Sir Theodore Shaw |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Standon and Weeping Cross) 1899–1904 |
Succeeded by Thomas Anderson Salt |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Clare Sewell Read |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1876–1880 |
Succeeded by John Tomlinson Hibbert |