Thomas Phinn
Thomas Phinn (1814 – 31 October 1866) a British barrister and Liberal Party politician who held various positions in the Admiralty of the United Kingdom (the body governing the Royal Navy) in the mid-nineteenth century.
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.[1] He was elected at the 1852 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath, but held that seat for only three years, until 1855.[2] He was appointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17 April 1854,[3] and continued in that office until appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty on 22 May 1855,[4] 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.[3]
Notes
- ^ Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892–1921
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 37. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b 'Counsel 1673–1870', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 78.
- ^ 'Secretaries 1660–1870', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 34–37.
References
- C. I. Hamilton, ed., "Selections from the Phinn Committee of Inquiry of October-November 1853 into the State of the Office of Secretary to the Admiralty , in The Naval Miscellany, volume V, edited by N. A. M. Rodger, (London: Navy Records Society, London, 1984).