About Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet
Lived 1860 – 1930 (aged 69). Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet was a British politician.
Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet (9 May 1860 – 15 March 1930), was a Scottish politician.
Paxton was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Lord-Lieutenant of Glasgow between 1920 and 1923. He was created a baronet, of Letham in the Parish of Monimail in the County of Fife, in 1923. He declined to contest Glasgow Central in the 1923 general election.
Paxton died in March 1930, aged 69, when the baronetcy became extinct.
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Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet was born on 9 May 1860.
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Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet died on 15 March 1930.
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