Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold, 1st Baronet
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Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold, 1st Baronet DL
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(14 February 1861 – 11 July 1936) was a British baronet and politician. He gained an LLD
from Trinity College, Dublin
and in 1918 he was elected as a Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament for Mitcham
. He resigned from the House of Commons
on 13 February 1923 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. The following year he was created a Baronet, of The Hall Place in the Parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey.
Deputy Lieutenant
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Justice of the Peace
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(14 February 1861 – 11 July 1936) was a British baronet and politician. He gained an LLD
Legum Doctor
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from Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
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and in 1918 he was elected as a Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament for Mitcham
Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)
Mitcham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Mitcham suburb of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
. He resigned from the House of Commons
Resignation from the British House of Commons
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on 13 February 1923 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. The following year he was created a Baronet, of The Hall Place in the Parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey.