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Sir Thomas William Boord, 1st Baronet Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA Justice of the peace, JP Volunteer Decoration, VD (14 July 1838 – 2 May 1912) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Boord was the son of Joseph Boord and his wife Mary Ann (née Newstead). He was elected as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency), Greenwich a by-election in August 1873, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 general election. Apart from his political career he was a Captain the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, a justice of the peace and a Society of Antiquaries of London, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. On 18 February 1896 he was created a baronet, of Wakehurst Place in the County of Sussex. Boord married Margaret, daughter of Thomas George Mackinlay, in 1861. They had three sons and two daughters. He died on 2 May 1912, aged 73, and was buried in a family grave on the west side of Highgate Cemetery. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son William. Lady Boord died on 22 December 1918.


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* Burials at Highgate Cemetery 1838 births 1912 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, Boord, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub