Owen Thomas

Sir Owen Thomas, JP, DL (18 December 1858 – 6 March 1923 ) was a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Anglesey.

Early life and education Thomas was born at Carrog on Anglesey on 18 December 1858. At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, he was elected for Anglesey as an independent labour candidate. He joined the Labour Party group in Parliament but resigned the party whip in 1920, and was re-elected in 1922 as an independent. He died in 1923, causing the 1923 Anglesey by-election.

He commanded the regiment and later became a temporary brigadier general in October 1914, commanding the North Wales Brigade of the Territorial Force. He also served as chief officer of the Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea section of the Board of Trade, and in his spare time bred farm stock.

He was knighted on 21 February 1917.