Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet
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Sir Thomas Wallace Russell, 1st Baronet MP PC (Ire) (28 February 1841 – 2 May 1920), was an Irish politician and agrarian agitator. Born at Cupar, Fife, Scotland, he moved to County Tyrone at the age of eighteen. He was secretary and parliamentary agent of the Irish temperance movement and became well known as an anti-alcohol campaigner[1] and proprietor of a Temperance Hotel in Dublin.[2]
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Sir Thomas Russell, Bt | |
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Member of Parliament for Tyrone North | |
In office 6 October 1911 – July 1918 | |
Preceded by | Redmond John Barry |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Tyrone South | |
In office July 1886 – January 1910 | |
Preceded by | William O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Andrew Horner |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 February 1841 Cupar, Fife, Scotland |
Died | 2 May 1920 (aged 79) |
Political party | Liberal (1910–1918) |
Other political affiliations | Russellite Unionist (1904–1910) Liberal Unionist (1886–1904) Liberal (pre-1885) |
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