British Offices and Honours
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The Right Honourable James Henry Thomas

  • Born: 3 October 1874
  • Died: 21 January 1949

Known as[]

  • 1874-1910: Mr. J. H. Thomas
  • 1910-1917: Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P.
  • 1917-1936: The Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, M.P.
  • 1936-1949: The Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas

Offices[]

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Derby, 1910-1936

Trade Union Offices[]

  • General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, 1916-1931
  • President of the Trades Union Congress, 1920


Preceded by:
The Duke of Devonshire
Secretary of State for the Colonies
1924
Succeeded by:
Leo Amery
Preceded by:
The Lord Passfield
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
1930–1935
Succeeded by:
Malcolm MacDonald
Preceded by:
The Lord Passfield
Secretary of State for the Colonies
1931
Succeeded by:
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Preceded by:
Malcolm MacDonald
Secretary of State for the Colonies
1935–1936
Succeeded by:
William Ormsby-Gore
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