Thomas Milvain

Thomas Milvain (4 May 1844 – 23 September 1916) was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician.

Milvain was the son of Henry Milvain of North Elswick Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne and his wife Jane Davidson. Educated at Durham Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge,^[1] he was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1869.^[2]

In 1885 Milvain was elected Member of Parliament for Durham. He lost the seat in 1892. He stood unsuccessfully at Maidstone in 1901, but was elected MP for Hampstead at a by-election in 1902. Milvain gave up the seat in 1905 when he was appointed Judge Advocate General.^[3]

References

^ Milvain, Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
^ Encyclopædia Britannica 1911

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Milvain

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Charles Thompson Farrer Herschell	Member of Parliament for Durham 1885 – 1892	Succeeded by Matthew Fowler
Preceded by Edward Brodie Hoare	Member of Parliament for Hampstead 1902 – 1905	Succeeded by John Samuel Fletcher
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Francis Jeune	Judge Advocate General 1905 – 1915	Succeeded by Sir Felix Cassel

Persondata
Name	Milvain, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	4 May 1844
Place of birth
Date of death	23 September 1916
Place of death