Sir Thomas Milvain was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician.
12 Facts About Thomas Milvain
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Thomas Milvain was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1869, and practiced on the North-Eastern Circuit.
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In 1885 Thomas Milvain was elected Member of Parliament for Durham.
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Thomas Milvain took silk in 1888, and after losing his parliament seat in 1892 was appointed Recorder of Bradford and Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham.
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Thomas Milvain stood unsuccessfully in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in 1895, and in Maidstone at a by-election in 1901.
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Thomas Milvain was then elected MP for Hampstead at a by-election in January 1902.
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Thomas Milvain gave up the seat in 1905 when he was appointed Judge Advocate General, a position that he held until his death in 1916.
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Thomas Milvain was succeeded by Felix Cassel who had served as his deputy.
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In 1912, Thomas Milvain was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath and was knighted.
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Thomas Milvain was an athletics blue in hurdles and won the National Championship over 120 yards hurdles at the 1866 AAC Championships.
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Thomas Milvain married Mary Alice Henderson on 28 January 1875, daughter of John Henderson, and they had one son, Colonel Henry Roland Milvain.
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Thomas Milvain died at his house, Eglingham Hall, Alnwick, Northumberland on 23 September 1916.