Thomas Kellock

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His Honour Thomas Oslaf Kellock QC (4 July 1923 – 12 January 1993), was a British Judge, Liberal Party politician and leading figure in the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

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Background

He was the son of surgeon Thomas Herbert Kellock of Cambridge and Margaret Brooke. He was educated at Rugby School and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1967 he married Jane Ursula Symonds. [1]

Professional career

He was barrister and a member of the chambers of former Liberal MP Dingle Foot.

Political career

He was elected a member of the Liberal Party council. [2] He was Liberal candidate for the Torquay division of Devon at the 1959 General Election. He was Chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1963–65. [3] He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1966 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1968 Kensington South by-election. He was Liberal candidate for the Harwich division of Essex at the October 1974 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again. [4] He was actively involved in Liberal International as Chairman of the British section.

Election results

General Election 1959: Torquay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederic Bennett 29,52756.79
Labour WV Cooper11,78422.66
Liberal Thomas Kellock10,68520.55
Majority17,74334.12
Turnout 76.91
Conservative hold Swing
General election of 31 March 1966: Kensington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Roots 21,05065.1
Labour J.V. Rosenhead6,41919.8
Liberal Thomas Kellock4,87115.1
Majority14,63145.2
Turnout 55,66058.1
Conservative hold Swing
1968 Kensington South by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brandon Rhys-Williams 16,48975.5
Liberal Thomas Kellock2,74212.6
Labour Clive Bradley1,8748.6
Independent Sinclair Eustace6753.1
Independent William Gold590.3
Majority13,74763.0
Turnout 40.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Harwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Ridsdale 29,96346.7+1.1
Labour JB Fryer19,13529.8+3.5
Liberal Thomas Kellock15,04823.5-4.6
Majority10,82816.9-0.6
Turnout 64,14672.3-8.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.2

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References

  1. ‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
  2. The Times House of Commons, 1959
  3. ‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
  4. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  5. "Politics Science Resources".