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Sir Thomas Dunlop, 1st Baronet


Sir Thomas Dunlop, 1st Baronet, GBE (2 August 1855 – 29 January 1938) was a Scottish businessman.

Dunlop was the eldest son of Thomas Dunlop (1831–1893), a grain merchant and founder of the shipping company, Thomas Dunlop & Sons, and his wife, Robina. He was a senior partner in his father's company and later a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bruce Peebles Ltd and the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company. In 1914, he became Lord Provost of Glasgow and was created a baronet in 1916 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918.



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