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John Thom (British Army officer)

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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gibb Thom DSO MC (1 August 1891 – 19 February 1941) was a British soldier, judge and politician from Linlithgow.

Thom served with the Gordon Highlanders, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917,[1] and later that year received the Distinguished Service Order for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty".

He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire in 1926, losing the 1929 election but returning to office in 1931, where he stayed until resigning a year later.

In 1937 he was knighted as part of the New Years Honours, and was also made Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature in Allahabad, a position he held until his death in 1941, aged 49.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette. 29 December 1916. p. 42.
  2. ^ Indian Annual Register, 1941
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire
19261929
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire
19311932
Succeeded by