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Tom Arthur (politician)
Thomas or Tom Arthur may refer to: * Thomas Arthur (bishop) (died 1486), Roman Catholic bishop of Limerick * Thomas Arthur (physician) (1593–c. 1666), Irish Roman Catholic physician * Thomas Arthur (VC) (1835–1902), recipient of the Victoria Cross * Thomas Arthur (dramatist) (died 1532), English divine and dramatist * Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally (1702–1766), French soldier * Thomas Arthur (Iowa judge) (1860–1925), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * Thomas Arthur (tailor), Scottish tailor who worked for James V of Scotland * Thomas Arthur (MP), in 1397, MP for Somerset * Tom Arthur (rugby union) (1906–1986), Welsh international rugby union player * Tom Arthur (Australian politician) (1883–1953) * Tom Arthur (Scottish politician) Thomas Compton Arthur MSP (born 1985) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Renfrewshire South, having been first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (bishop)
Thomas Arthur (died 19 July 1486) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Limerick (1469–1486)."Bishop Thomas Arthur" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016"Diocese of Limerick" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (physician)
Thomas Arthur, M.D. (1593–1666?), was an Irish Roman Catholic physician. Arthur was born to a Limerick family, many members of which had filled municipal offices in that city in early times. His father's name being William, he often styled himself Thomas Arthur Fitz-William. He was educated at Bordeaux, and afterwards studied medicine in Paris. In May 1619, having returned to his native country, he began a successful practice in Limerick, and soon gained the reputation of a skilful physician. In April 1624, he opened a practice in Dublin, where he spent the greater part of his time, but still attended patients in Limerick during occasional visits. In 1630, however, he moved his household to the capital. His manuscript entry-book contains a complete list of his patients and fees from 1619 to 1666, the last date being probably the year of his death. Among the various cases which he treated the most important one, or at least the one in which he took most pride, was that of Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (VC)
Thomas Arthur (1835 – 2 March 1902) was a British Army soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Victoria Cross action Arthur was approximately 20 years old, and a gunner and driver in the Royal Regiment of Artillery during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 7 June 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Gunner Arthur was in charge of the magazine in one of the left advanced batteries of the right attack, when the Quarries were taken. On his own initiative he carried barrels of infantry ammunition for the 7th Fusiliers several times during the evening, across the open. He volunteered for and formed one of the spiking party of artillery at the assault on the Redan on 18 June 1855 and on numerous occasions left the trenches to bring in wounded officers and men. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (dramatist)
Thomas Arthur (died 1532) was an English divine and dramatist. A native of Norfolk, he was educated at Cambridge, probably in Trinity Hall, and imbibed Protestant opinions from his fellow-countryman, Thomas Bilney. Arthur was admitted a fellow of St. John's College in February 1517–18, being then a master of arts, and in 1518 he occurs as principal of St. Mary's Hostel. In 1526 he and Bilney were charged with heresy, and compelled to take an oath abjuring Luther's opinions. In November 1527 they were brought as relapsed heretics before Cardinal Wolsey and other bishops in the chapter-house at Westminster. Both of them recanted and did penance, though Bilney afterwards had the courage of his opinions and suffered for them at the stake. Arthur died at Walsingham in 1532. He wrote: 1. ''Microcosmus'', a tragedy. 2. ''Mundus plumbeus'', a tragedy. 3. ''In quosdam Psalmos''. 4. ''Homeliæ Christianæ''. 5. A translation of Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur, Comte De Lally
Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, baron de Tollendal (13 January 17029 May 1766) was a French army officer. Lally commanded French forces, including two battalions of his own red-coated Regiment of Lally of the Irish Brigade, in India during the Seven Years' War. After a failed attempt to capture Madras he lost the Battle of Wandiwash to British forces under Eyre Coote and then was forced to surrender the remaining French post at Pondicherry. After time spent as a prisoner of war in Britain, Lally voluntarily returned to France to face charges where he was beheaded for his alleged failures in India. Ultimately the jealousies and disloyalties of other officers, together with insufficient resources and limited naval support prevented Lally from securing India for France. In 1778, he was publicly exonerated by Louis XVI from his alleged crime. Life He was born at Romans-sur-Isère, Dauphiné, the son of Sir Gerard Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (Iowa Judge)
Thomas Arthur (July 12, 1860 – September 15, 1925) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from September 15, 1920, until his death on September 15, 1925, appointed from Harrison County, Iowa. Born on a farm in Harrison County, Iowa, Arthur attended rural schools and received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1881.Thomas Arthur Will Be Buried At Logan Home", ''The Des Moines Register'' (September 16, 1925), p. 7. A Republican, Arthur served as a district court judge from 1911 to 1920, when he was appointed to the supreme court."Thomas Arthur, Supreme Court Justice, Dead", ''Quad-City Times'' (September 15, 1925), p. 1. Arthur died at Iowa Methodist Hospital at the age of 65, following a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ... in his office th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (tailor)
Thomas Arthur was a Scottish tailor who worked for James V of Scotland. He used a fabric described as "Highland tartan". Career Arthur was made master tailor to the king in 1529. During the previous years of the king's minority, his clothes had been made by Andrew Edgar. Arthur's work is known through the accounts of the treasurer of Scotland, and inventories of the king's clothes. The published editions of the accounts by James Balfour Paul do not include the detail of the lining and secondary fabrics of costume, described in the original manuscripts in the National Archives of Scotland. Another tailor, Richard Hills, made some of the King's clothes when he was in France. In August 1538, Thomas Arthur made clothes for James V using Highland tartan. The "Heland tertane" was used to make Hose (clothing), hose for a Highland outfit sent to James V at Stirling Castle. Arthur had previously made a tartan "galcoit", which was a gift for the Master of Forbes in February 1533. More ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur (MP)
Thomas or Tom Arthur may refer to: * Thomas Arthur (bishop) (died 1486), Roman Catholic bishop of Limerick * Thomas Arthur (physician) (1593–c. 1666), Irish Roman Catholic physician * Thomas Arthur (VC) (1835–1902), recipient of the Victoria Cross * Thomas Arthur (dramatist) (died 1532), English divine and dramatist * Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally (1702–1766), French soldier * Thomas Arthur (Iowa judge) (1860–1925), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * Thomas Arthur (tailor), Scottish tailor who worked for James V of Scotland * Thomas Arthur (MP), in 1397, MP for Somerset * Tom Arthur (rugby union) (1906–1986), Welsh international rugby union player * Tom Arthur (Australian politician) (1883–1953) * Tom Arthur (Scottish politician) Thomas Compton Arthur MSP (born 1985) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Renfrewshire South, having been first elected in 2016 and re-elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset (UK Parliament Constituency)
Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 memb ... from 1801 to 1832. Elections were held by the bloc vote system. Members of Parliament MPs 1290–1629 * ''Constituency created'' (1290) MPs 1640–1832 References Sources *D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) *Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803' (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) * * Henry Stooks Smith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Arthur (rugby Union)
Tom Arthur (10 January 1906 – 1 November 1986) was a Welsh international rugby union lock who played club rugby for Neath and was capped 18 times for Wales. Welsh Rugby Union A tough second row forward with a strong physique, Arthur was often criticised for being over-vigorous. Though his style of play was fairly typical for Welsh rugby at the time. Arthur was also a strong scummager and was adaptable in the open and was excellent in the line-out. His signature move was his line-out 'flip', where he would grab the ball one handed and guide it to his waiting scrum-half. International rugby career Arthur joined Neath from |
Tom Arthur (Australian Politician)
Thomas Christopher Arthur (born Christopher Thomas Arthur; 11 May 1883 – 6 June 1953) was an Australian politician. Born in Forbes, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a miner and an official of the Miners' Federation. Later, he was an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union. In 1937, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for New South Wales, forming one part of the "four A's" with Bill Ashley, Stan Amour and John Armstrong (the Labor Party had nominated four candidates with their surnames beginning with A to take advantage of alphabetical ordering on the Senate ticket). He lost Labor endorsement for the 1943 election but contested the Senate as an independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ..., winning on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Arthur (Scottish Politician)
Thomas Compton Arthur MSP (born 1985) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Renfrewshire South, having been first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2021. He has served as Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing since June 2025. Background Arthur was born in 1985 in Paisley, Renfrewshire and raised in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, where he was educated at Cross Arthurlie Primary and Barrhead High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music then later Master of Music from the University of Glasgow. Before entering politics, he worked as a company director, freelance piano teacher and keyboardist. Political career Arthur joined the Scottish National Party in 2009. He was elected as the first SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Renfrewshire South constituency at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. He made his maiden speech in the Scottish Parliament on 26 May 2016. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
