James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Cilcennin PC |
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| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
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In office 31 October 1951 – 2 September 1956 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | The Lord Pakenham |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Hailsham |
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| Born | 13 October 1903 |
| Died | 13 July 1960 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
James Purdon Lewes Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, PC (pronounced "Kilkennin"; 13 October 1903 – 13 July 1960), sometimes known as Jim Thomas, was a British Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1951 and 1956.
Thomas was the son of James Lewes Thomas, JP, Caeglas, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, and Anne Louisa, daughter of Commander George Purdon. He was educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford.
Thomas was private secretary to Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the Conservative Party, between 1929 and 1931. The latter year he was elected Member of Parliament for Hereford. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Dominions Secretary, James Henry Thomas, between 1932 and 1935, to the Colonial Secretary, Thomas and from 1936 William Ormsby-Gore, between 1935 and 1937, and to the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, between 1937 and Eden's resignation in 1938. He entered the government as a Lord of the Treasury under Neville Chamberlain in 1939, an office he retained when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940. In 1940 he was also PPS to the War Secretary.
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