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3 unusual facts about George Thomas


Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station

The new joint station was officially opened on 30 April 1983 by George Thomas, Speaker of the House of Commons, who unveiled a plaque at the station recording his visit.

George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy

As Secretary of State for Wales from 1968 to 1970 he presided over the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1969.

James D. Morgan

He commanded a brigade in George Thomas's Center Wing, but during the Stones River Campaign the division he belonged to was left behind to guard Nashville.


Godman Irvine

He was secretary of the 1922 Committee 1965-66, and from 1976-82 he served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons under George Thomas.

Paul Foytack

His production dropped off in the 1960s, and on June 15, 1963 he was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Frank Kostro to the Los Angeles Angels for George Thomas and cash.

Politics in Cardiff

Famous politicians who have represented Cardiff constituencies include James Callaghan, a former Prime Minister who held his constituency seat for over forty years, and George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1976 and 1983.


see also

George Ball

George Thalben-Ball (1896–1987), originally George Thomas Ball, English composer born in Australia

George Hemming Mason

During the 1849 Siege of Rome, Mason and two fellow-artists, George Thomas (an accomplished illustrator who worked for the Illustrated London News) and Murray (sic), were arrested as suspected spies, and narrowly escaped death.

George Leland

Mickey Leland, George Thomas "Mickey" Leland, (1944 – 1989), anti-poverty activist and later became a congressman

George S. Talbot

George Thomas Surtees Talbot (1875 – 1918) was an English composer and writer.

George Thomas Bethune-Baker

George Thomas Bethune-Baker (20 July 1857, Birmingham - 1 December 1944, Eastbourne) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially Lycaenidae.

George Thomas Napier

The town of Napier, Western Cape, is named for Sir George Thomas Napier as is Napier House at Fairbairn College, Goodwood, Cape Town.

John Dugmore of Swaffham

In 1820, Dugmore accompanied in the Grand Tour a son of Charles Keppel, perhaps George Thomas (1799-1891), later 6th Earl of Albermarle, Viscount of Bury and Baron of Ashford, who made a brilliant military career (started at Waterloo) as well as was a memorialist, a distinguished collector and a member of the English Society of Antiquaires.