Sir Douglas Thomson, 2nd Baronet
Politician
1905 – 1972
Who was Sir Douglas Thomson, 2nd Baronet?
Sir Douglas Wishart Thomson, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish Unionist politician.
Thomson was the son of Sir Frederick Thomson, 1st Baronet and was educated at Oxford University. He was a member of the Oxford crews in the Boat Race in 1926 and 1927.
Thomson was elected as Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South at a by-election in May 1935. following the death of his father from whom he inherited the baronetcy. He held the seat until he "resigned" on 4 November 1946 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.
He is buried with his parents in the north-east corner of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.
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