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Thomas Walton Mellor (3 October 1814 – 17 February 1902) was a British cotton manufacturer and Conservative politician. Early yearsThomas was the third son of Thomas Mellor of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, and his wife Mary Walton of Stalybridge, Cheshire. He was christened on 30 October 1814 at the parish church of St Michael Ashton-under-Lyne. CareerHe became a major "cotton master" in Ashton, and led the opposition to the costs of the town obtaining a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough in 1847.[1] He was a magistrate for the borough of Ashton and the counties palatine of Chester and Lancaster.[2] In 1868 Mellor was elected as member of parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne, describing himself as "a Conservative with Liberal tendencies".[2] He stood down from parliament in 1880. Family lifeHe married Jane Leigh of Compsall Bridge in 1849 and they had a son, John Edward.[2] DeathMellor died at Ashton-under-Lyne 17 February 1902.[3] References{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}1. ^Anthony Howe, The Cotton Masters 1830–1860, Oxford, 1984 2. ^1 2 Our New Members of Parliament, The Times, 5 December 1868, p.7 3. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary|day_of_week=Tuesday |date=18 February 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36694| }} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne | years = 1868–1880 | before = Thomas Milner Gibson | after = Hugh Mason }}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellor, Thomas Walton}} 6 : 1814 births|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1868–74|UK MPs 1874–80|1902 deaths|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ashton-under-Lyne |
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