Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair
Rear Admiral Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair (6 November 1861 – 12 August 1928) was Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency) from December 1918 to October 1922.[1]
He was elected as a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government.
Adair was the son of General Sir Charles William Adair. He entered the Navy in 1874, and from 1900 to 1902 he was a Member of the Navy's Ordnance Committee. After retirement from the Navy in 1906, he was Head of the Ordnance Department of W. Beardmore & Co. Ltd, Parkhead Steelworks, Glasgow.[2]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ↑ Who's Who 1897-1998 [CD-ROM edition] (A & C Black Publishers & Oxford University Press, 1998)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston 1918 – 1922 |
Succeeded by John Wheatley |
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