Thomas Burt MP (1837 - 1922)

Born 12 Nov 1837 in Backworth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Weatherburn) Burt — married about 1860 in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thomas was born in Murton Row Northumberland in1837.

1841 residence Earsdon

1861 residence Bedlington

1871 residence 7 Wellington Street, Cowpen. Miners Agent

1874 residence Morpeth

1882 residence 15 Louvain Crescent Newcastle Upon Tyne

1901 residence 20 Burdon Terrace Jesmond

1911 still living in Jesmond. Uncle, John Robson (1827) also living there, listed as being single.

He passed away in 13 Apr 1922. Probate to Thomas Burt, farmer, Peter Burt, engineer and Wilfred Burt Mining Engineer. £5128/17/6d

Burial Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Thomas worked down the coal mines from age 10.

Thomas became secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association in 1863, then, in 1874, was returned to parliament for Morpeth. Thomas Burt stood as a Radical labour candidate with Liberal support and formed part of a small group of Liberal–Labour politicians in the House of Commons in the 1880s and 1890s. He was one of the first working class members to be elected to the House of Commons.

After the 1892 General Election, William Ewart Gladstone appointed Burt as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, in which capacity he served until 1895.

Despite the emergence of the Independent Labour Party and the Labour Representation Committee, Burt remained loyal to his backers in the Liberal Party and refused to join. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1906 and continued to represent Morpeth in Parliament until 1918.

Sources

Primary

• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-thomas-burt/index.html

Secondary

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burt