Thomas Phinn

Thomas Phinn
Second Secretary to the Admiralty
In office 22 May 1855 – 7 May 1857 (1855-05-22 – 1857-05-07)
Preceded by	William Baillie-Hamilton
Succeeded by	William Govett Romaine
Personal details
Born	Unknown date, c. 1814 Bath, Somerset, England
Died	31 October 1866(1866-10-31) (aged 51–52) London, Middlesex, England
Political party	Liberal Party
Education	Eton College; Exeter College
Occupation	Barrister

Thomas Phinn, QC (c. 1814 – 31 October 1866) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.[1] He held various positions in the Admiralty of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

Life

Born in Bath, Somerset, Phinn was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He read for the bar at the Inner Temple, being called in 1840.[2] He was elected at the 1852 general election as Member of Parliament for Bath, but held that seat for only three years, until 1855.[3]

He was appointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17  April 1854,[4] and continued in that office until appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty on 22  May 1855,[5] He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1857.

a post which required his resignation from the House of Commons. He resigned from the Admiralty on 7  May 1857, but was re-appointed Counsel and Judge-Advocate on 12  November 1863, and held that post until his death on 31  October 1866, in London.[4][6]

References

Footnotes

1. National Portrait Gallery. "Thomas Phinn". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
2. Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892–1921
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 37. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. 'Counsel 1673–1870', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 78.
5. 'Secretaries 1660–1870', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 34–37.
6. "Obituary: Will of the Late Thomas Phinn, Q.C". The Law Journal: A Weekly Publication of Notes of Cases and Legal News. London. 21 December 1866. p. 700. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

Bibliography

• C. I. Hamilton, ed., "Selections from the Phinn Committee of Inquiry of October–November 1853 into the State of the Office of Secretary to the Admiralty", in The Naval Miscellany, volume V, edited by N. A. M. Rodger, (London: Navy Records Society, London, 1984).

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Phinn

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Duncan George Scobell	Member of Parliament for Bath 1852–1855 With: George Scobell	Succeeded by William Tite George Scobell
Legal offices
Preceded by Richard Budden Crowder	Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1854–1855	Succeeded by William Atherton
Preceded by Robert Porrett Collier	Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1863–1866	Succeeded by John Walter Huddleston
Government offices
Preceded by William Baillie-Hamilton	Second Secretary to the Admiralty 1855–1857	Succeeded by William Govett Romaine