William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon

The Lord Selsdon
Postmaster General
In office
4 November 1924 – 4 June 1929
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byVernon Hartshorn
Succeeded byHastings Lees-Smith
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
In office
1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byPhilip Cunliffe-Lister
Succeeded byThe Viscount Wolmer
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control
In office
19 April 1920 – 1 April 1921
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byCharles McCurdy
Succeeded byPost abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
14 January 1932 – 24 December 1938
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Lord Selsdon
Member of Parliament
for Croydon South
In office
6 December 1923 – 14 January 1932
Preceded byAllan Macgregor Smith
Succeeded byHerbert Williams
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow Maryhill
In office
14 December 1918 – 26 October 1922
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byJohn William Muir
Member of Parliament
for North Down
In office
28 April 1910 – 25 November 1918
Preceded byThomas Lorimer Corbett
Succeeded byThomas Watters Brown
Member of Parliament
for North West Lanarkshire
In office
8 February 1906 – 10 February 1910
Preceded byCharles Mackinnon Douglas
Succeeded byWilliam Pringle
Personal details
Born(1877-04-15)15 April 1877
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died24 December 1938(1938-12-24) (aged 61)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyScottish Unionist
Irish Unionist
Conservative
SpouseAnnie McEacharn
ChildrenPeter

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Lord Selsdon". The Times. 27 December 1938. p. 10.