William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon
The Lord Selsdon | |
|---|---|
| Postmaster General | |
| In office 4 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Vernon Hartshorn |
| Succeeded by | Hastings Lees-Smith |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | |
| In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Philip Cunliffe-Lister |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Wolmer |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control | |
| In office 19 April 1920 – 1 April 1921 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Charles McCurdy |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 14 January 1932 – 24 December 1938 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Lord Selsdon |
| Member of Parliament for Croydon South | |
| In office 6 December 1923 – 14 January 1932 | |
| Preceded by | Allan Macgregor Smith |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Williams |
| Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill | |
| In office 14 December 1918 – 26 October 1922 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | John William Muir |
| Member of Parliament for North Down | |
| In office 28 April 1910 – 25 November 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Lorimer Corbett |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Watters Brown |
| Member of Parliament for North West Lanarkshire | |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 10 February 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Mackinnon Douglas |
| Succeeded by | William Pringle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1877 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 24 December 1938 (aged 61) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Scottish Unionist Irish Unionist Conservative |
| Spouse | Annie McEacharn |
| Children | Peter |
William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon KBE PC (15 April 1877 – 24 December 1938), known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a Scottish politician who served as British Postmaster-General from 1924 till 1929.