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Thomas Salt

1830 – 1904

British politician

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About Thomas Salt

Lived 1830 – 1904 (aged 73). Thomas Salt was a British politician, banker and banking.

Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Baronet (12 May 1830 – 8 April 1904), was a British banker and Conservative politician.

Career

His grandfather John Stevenson Salt, (High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1838), married Sarah Stevenson, the granddaughter of John Stevenson, founder in 1737 of a banking company in Stafford. Salt became a partner in the firm of Stevenson Salt & Co which had opened in Cheapside, London in 1788 and which in 1867 merged with Bosanquet & Co and later with Lloyds Banking Company. Salt went on to be a director, and later chairman, of Lloyds from 1884 to 1896. He was also chairman, from 1883 to 1904, of the North Staffordshire Railway. He was also chair of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company in 1889.

He was returned to Parliament for Stafford in 1859, a seat he held until 1865, and again from 1869 to 1880, 1881 to 1885 and 1886 to 1892. From January 1876 to April 1880, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, a junior post, in the second ministry of Benjamin Disraeli's government.

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Important facts

Birth century
Positions held
Member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Also known as
Sir Thomas Salt, 1st Bt.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Thomas Salt?

British politician (1830–1904)

When was Thomas Salt born?

Thomas Salt was born on 12 May 1830.

When did Thomas Salt die?

Thomas Salt died on 8 April 1904.

What was Thomas Salt's occupation?

Thomas Salt was a politician, banker and banking.

What nationality was Thomas Salt?

Thomas Salt was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Salt

· Wikidata: Q7793759

· DBpedia: Thomas Salt

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