About Thomas Gill
Lived 1788 – 1861 (aged 72–73). Thomas Gill was a British politician.
Thomas Gill (1788 – 20 October 1861) was a British Whig politician and industrialist.
Born in 1788 in Tavistock, Devon, Gill founded the Milbay Soaps Works in 1818 and, at some point, worked in the Tavistock Iron Works. He was also chairman of the South Devon Railway Company.
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Thomas Gill was born in 1788 in Tavistock.
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Thomas Gill died on 20 October 1861 in Devon, England, Tavistock.
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Thomas Gill was a politician.
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Thomas Gill was British.
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