Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet (9 May 1860 – 15 March 1930), was a Scottish politician.

Paxton was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Lord-Lieutenant of Glasgow between 1920 and 1923. He was created a baronet, of Letham in the Parish of Monimail in the County of Fife, in 1923.[1] He declined to contest Glasgow Central in the 1923 general election.[2]

Paxton died in March 1930, aged 69, when the baronetcy became extinct.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Sir James Stewart
Lord Provost of Glasgow
19201923
Succeeded by
Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir James Stewart
Lord-Lieutenant of Glasgow
19201923
Succeeded by
Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Letham)
19231930
Extinct
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