Thomas Phinn (1814 – 31 October 1866) a British barrister and Liberal Party politician who held various positions in the Admiralty of the United Kingdom (the body governing the Royal Navy) in the mid-nineteenth century.
Born in Bath, Somerset, Phinn was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He read for the bar at the Inner Temple, being called in 1840.[1] He was elected at the 1852 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath, but held that seat for only three years, until 1855.[2] He was appointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17 April 1854,[3] and continued in that office until appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty on 22 May 1855,[4] a post which required his resignation from the House of Commons. He resigned from the Admiralty on 7 May 1857, but was re-appointed Counsel and Judge-Advocate on 12 November 1863, and held that post until his death on 31 October 1866, in London.[3]
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Viscount Duncan George Scobell |
Member of Parliament for Bath 1852 – 1855 With: George Scobell |
Succeeded by William Tite George Scobell |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by Richard Budden Crowder |
Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1854–1855 |
Succeeded by William Atherton |
Preceded by Robert Porrett Collier |
Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1863–1866 |
Succeeded by John Walter Huddleston |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by William Alexander Baillie Hamilton |
Second Secretary to the Admiralty 1855–1857 |
Succeeded by William Govett Romaine |