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Thomas Hart-Davies (1849 - 3 January 1920) was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. BackgroundHe was the son of the Venerable Thomas Hart-Davies, vicar of Christchurch, Ramsgate, Kent and former Archdeacon of Melbourne, Australia. Following education at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Oxford, he passed the Indian Civil Service examinations in 1867.[1][2] CareerHart-Davies served for twenty-eight years in the Bombay Presidency, mainly in the Sind Division. Over his career he was an educational inspector, manager of encumbered estates, district magistrate, judge of the Karachi District and acting Judicial Commissioner. He was viewed as a progressive administrator, joining the British Committee of the Indian National Congress and supporting the Morley-Minto Reforms.[1] PoliticsHart-Davies returned to the United Kingdom, and became involved in Liberal politics. In 1900 he unsuccessfully stood as parliamentary candidate for the Rotherhithe constituency.[3] He was re-selected as prospective Liberal candidate, but in 1903 he resigned the candidacy due to an eye condition.[4] By 1905 he had recovered sufficiently to be the Liberal candidate at Hackney North. At the general election in 1906 he won the seat. He was an advocate of Land reform and Women's suffrage.[5] He was defeated at the ensuing general election in January 1910.[1][6] Hart-Davies was a very experienced traveller: visiting Siberia, Persia and much of South America. He was estimated to have gone around the world eight times. He wrote short stories, translated a number of works from Russian to English, and was a musician and conjuror.[1] He died on Jersey in January 1920, aged 73.[1] References
1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title=Obituary: Mr T. Hart-Davies |work=The Times |page=13 |date=9 January 1920 }} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Indian Civil Service |work=The Times |page=12 |date=30 May 1867 }} 3. ^{{cite news |title=The General Election: The Metropolis |work=The Times |page=8 |date=20 September 1900 }} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |work=The Times |page=6 |date=1 April 1903 }} 5. ^Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1907 6. ^{{cite news |title=The New Parliament |work=The Times |page=11 |date=19 January 1906 }} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Hackney North | years = 1906 – January 1910 | before = William Robert Bousfield | after = Walter Raymond Greene }}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hart-Davies, Thomas}} 6 : 1849 births|1920 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1906–10|People educated at Marlborough College|Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford |
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