Men-at-the-Bar/Thompson, Matthew William

by Joseph Foster

Thompson, Matthew William, M.P. Bradford 1867–8, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1846, mayor of Bradford 1862–3, 1871–3, chairman Midland Railway Company since Dec., 1879, 3. student of the Inner Temple 17 Nov., 1841 (then aged 21), called to the bar 20 Nov., 1846 (eldest son of Matthew Thompson, of Bradford, Yorks); born , 1820; married , 1843, Mary Ann, dau. and heir of late Benjamin Thompson, Esq., J.P., of Park Gate, Guiseley, and has issue.

Park Gate, Guiseley, Leeds.