Thomas Bridson Cribb

Thomas Bridson Cribb (1 December 1845 – 4 September 1913) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council.

Early life Thomas Bridson Cribb was born on 1 December 1845 in London, England, the son of Benjamin Cribb and his wife Elizabeth (née Bridson). He immigrated with his parents on the Chaseley arriving in Moreton Bay in May 1849.

He was educated privately and was one of the foundation scholars at Ipswich Boys' Grammar School.

He was a partner in the family retail business, Cribb & Foote

Thomas Bridson Cribb and Marion Lucy née Foote on their wedding day, 3 June 1874. The bride appears to be in mourning clothes, probably for the death of Benjamin Cribb (Thomas's father) who died in March 1874. On 3 June 1874, he married Marian Lucy Foote, daughter of John Clarke Foote (his father's business partner in Cribb & Foote).

The Cribb and Foote families were active in Queensland politics, with Thomas's father Benjamin Cribb, his uncle Robert Cribb, his brother James Clarke Cribb, his wife's father John Clarke Foote and his wife's uncle James Foote all member of the Queensland Parliament.

Politics Cribb was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 23 May 1893. Although a lifetime appointment, he resigned on 13 March 1896 to stand for election for the Legislative Assembly in the 1896 election.

Cribb contested Ipswich again in the 1907 election but was unsuccessful.