Thomas Kellock

His Honour Thomas Oslaf Kellock QC (4 July 1923 – 12 January 1993), was a British Judge, Liberal Party politician and leading figure in the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Background

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He was the son of surgeon Thomas Herbert Kellock of Cambridge and Margaret Brooke. He was educated at Rugby School and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1967 he married Jane Ursula Symonds.[1]

Professional career

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He was barrister and a member of the chambers of former Liberal MP Dingle Foot.

Political career

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He was elected a member of the Liberal Party council.[2]He was Liberal candidate for the Torquay division of Devon at the 1959 General Election. He was Chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1963–65.[3] He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1966 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1968 Kensington South by-election. He was Liberal candidate for the Harwich division of Essex at the October 1974 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.[4] He was actively involved in Liberal International as Chairman of the British section.

Election results

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General Election 1959: Torquay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeFrederic Bennett29,52756.79
LabourWV Cooper11,78422.66
LiberalThomas Kellock10,68520.55
Majority17,74334.12
Turnout76.91
Conservative holdSwing
General election of 31 March 1966: Kensington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Roots21,05065.1
LabourJ.V. Rosenhead6,41919.8
LiberalThomas Kellock4,87115.1
Majority14,63145.2
Turnout55,66058.1
Conservative holdSwing
1968 Kensington South by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBrandon Rhys-Williams16,48975.5
LiberalThomas Kellock2,74212.6
LabourClive Bradley1,8748.6
IndependentSinclair Eustace6753.1
IndependentWilliam Gold590.3
Majority13,74763.0
Turnout40.0
Conservative holdSwing
General Election October 1974: Harwich[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJulian Ridsdale29,96346.7+1.1
LabourJB Fryer19,13529.8+3.5
LiberalThomas Kellock15,04823.5-4.6
Majority10,82816.9-0.6
Turnout64,14672.3-8.4
Conservative holdSwing-1.2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
  2. ^ The Times House of Commons, 1959
  3. ^ ‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
  4. ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  5. ^ "Politics Science Resources".