Thomas Wiles

Thomas Wiles (19 June 1861 – 18 May 1951) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Family He was the youngest son of Joseph Wiles of St Albans. He married in 1890, Winifred Alice Crassweller of Highbury. They had one son and two daughters. He was educated at Amersham Hall School.

Business career He was Life Governor of Joseph Wiles & Son, Ltd, grain merchants, of Mark Lane, London. He was Chairman of the Corn Exchange. He was Chairman of the Anglo-Portuguese Colonial and Overseas Bank, Ltd.

Political career He was elected to the London County Council for South-West Bethnal Green in a by-election 3 February 1900, and took his seat the following week. For some years he was Whip to the Progressive party. He was Chairman of the Port of London Authority. He was Chairman of the Royal Surgical Aid Society. He was Liberal MP for Islington South in 1906–18. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Thomas McKinnon Wood when he was Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1908–11, continuing until 1912 while Wood served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury.