Thomas Gill (1788 – 20 October 1861) was a

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Whig politician and industrialist. Born in 1788 in

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, Gill founded the Milbay Soaps Works in 1818 and, at some point, worked in the Tavistock Iron Works. He was also chairman of the

South Devon Railway Company The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The line had to traverse difficult hilly terrain, and the compa ...

. Gill was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for

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at the 1841 general election but stepped down at the next election in 1847.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Thomas UK MPs 1841–1847 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies 1788 births 1861 deaths Politicians from Tavistock South Devon Railway Company Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Plymouth