Charles Thomas-Stanford
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Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet (3 April 1858 – 7 March 1932),{{Rayment-hc|b|5|date=March 2012}} born Charles Thomas, was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton. He sat in the House of Commons from 1914 to 1922.
Early life and family
The son of David Collet Thomas, from Hove,{{cite book
|last=Hesilridge
|first=Arthur G. M.
|title=Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
|url=https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1918londuoft#page/154/mode/1up/
|year=1918
|publisher=Dean & Son
|location=London
|page=154
}} he was educated at the Highgate School and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA degree in 1881.{{cite news
|title=Sir C. Thomas-Stanford Donor Of Lewes Castle
|date=8 March 1932
|work=The Times
|page=20
|location=London
}} He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1882, but did not practice.
In 1897 he married Ellen Stanford, the daughter and heiress of William Stanford of Preston Park, Sussex, and widow of Vere Benett-Stanford, the former MP for Shaftesbury. In the same year he changed his name by royal licence to Thomas-Stanford.
Career
Thomas-Stanford became a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Brighton, and served as Mayor of Brighton in 1910–11 and 1912–14, becoming an alderman by 1914.{{cite news
|title=By-Election at Brighton. Retirement of the Hon. J. E. Gordon.
|date=23 June 1914
|work=The Times
|page=8
|location=London
}}
Thomas-Stanford was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Brighton{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885
|orig-year=1977
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-26-4
|page=83
}} in June 1914{{London Gazette
|issue= 28845
|date=30 June 1914
|page=5068
|city=London
}} at an unopposed by-election following the resignation of the Conservative MP John Gordon.{{cite news
|title=News in Brief
|date=25 June 1914
|work=The Times
|page=8
|location=London
}} He was re-elected in 1918{{London Gazette
|issue= 31147
|date=28 January 1919
|page=1356
|city=London
}} as a Coalition Conservative{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949
|orig-year=1969
|edition=3rd
|year=1983
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-06-X
|page=103
}} (i.e. a supporter of the coalition government led by the Liberal David Lloyd George), and stood down from Parliament at the 1922 general election.
In 1922 he donated Lewes Castle to the Sussex Archaeological Society, of which he was a long-serving chairman.
Thomas-Stanford was made a baronet on the 1929 New Year Honours{{cite news
|title=The New Year Honours. Full Official List., Three Peerages.
|date=1 March 1929
|work=The Times
|page=8
|location=London
}} and the title was conferred on 8 May 1929.{{London Gazette
|issue= 33493
|date=10 May 1929
|page=3124
|city=London
}}
He died aged 73 on 7 March 1932 at his home Preston Manor, Brighton, which was bequeathed to Brighton Corporation.
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:English justices of the peace
Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Category:Politicians from Brighton
Category:Councillors in East Sussex
Category:Mayors of places in East Sussex
Category:Members of the Inner Temple