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Thomas Phinn

1814 – 1866

British politician

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Lived 1814 – 1866 (aged 51–52). Thomas Phinn was a British barrister and politician.

Thomas Phinn, QC ( – 31 October 1866) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. He held various positions in the Admiralty of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

Life Born in Bath, Somerset, Phinn was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He read for the bar at the Inner Temple, being called in 1840. He was elected at the 1852 general election as Member of Parliament for Bath, but held that seat for only three years, until 1855.

He was appointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17 April 1854, and continued in that office until appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty on 22 May 1855, He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1857. a post which required his resignation from the House of Commons. He resigned from the Admiralty on 7 May 1857, but was re-appointed Counsel and Judge-Advocate on 12 November 1863, and held that post until his death on 31 October 1866, in London.

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Important facts

Born
1814, Bath
Birth century
Education
Exeter College, Eton College, Exeter College, Oxford
Positions held
Member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Who was Thomas Phinn?

British politician (1814–1866)

When was Thomas Phinn born?

Thomas Phinn was born in 1814 in Bath.

When did Thomas Phinn die?

Thomas Phinn died on 31 October 1866 in London, Middlesex.

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Thomas Phinn was a barrister and politician.

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Thomas Phinn was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Phinn

· Wikidata: Q7793152

· DBpedia: Thomas Phinn

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