About Thomas Hewlett
Lived 1882 – 1956 (aged 73). Thomas Hewlett was a British politician and businessperson.
Thomas Henry Hewlett (23 November 1882 – 25 May 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician and industrialist.
He unsuccessfully contested the 1935 general election in Manchester Clayton, but after the death in 1940 of Peter Eckersley, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Exchange, Hewlett was elected unopposed in the resulting by-election. He lost the seat in the Labour Party's landslide victory at the 1945 general election. which is based in Clayton, Manchester and is now a subsidiary of the Air Products and Chemicals.
His children included Thomas Clyde Hewlett, who became Baron Hewlett of Swettenham in the County of Chester in 1972 and the actor Donald Hewlett.
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Who was Thomas Hewlett?
British politician (1882-1956)
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Thomas Hewlett was born on 23 November 1882.
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Thomas Hewlett died on 25 May 1956.
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Thomas Hewlett was a politician and businessperson.
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Thomas Hewlett was British.
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