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1121:, where he conducted an "Advanced Sunday School"; he had a special bond to the Church, having fought to have it rebuilt after bomb damage in the Second World War. His interest in journalism and connection to the Church led him to get involved in the Society of the Faith and the Faith Press, which it owned as a specialist printing firm.
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air transport into three corporations which were originally intended to have commercial freedom. Winster and Thomas were forced by left-wing pressure within the Labour Party to revisit the plans and make the corporations public monopolies. Some Labour
Members were concerned that Thomas, still a young
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Parliament, intervening in many debates on diverse subjects both domestic and foreign. In January 1945 he was also a speaker at the inaugural meeting of the League for European Freedom, a group which worked to restore the sovereignty of all "lesser European
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Parliamentary seat, Bulmer-Thomas had found a seat in the House of Laity of the Church Assembly. There, as he had at Westminster, he intervened frequently in debate with some extravagant and controversial speeches The issue which had become the most pressing for
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in which both Bills were included, Thomas wrote to Attlee announcing his resignation from the Labour Party. He said he had been "particularly disturbed by the growing concentration of power in the hands of the State" and accused the government of surrendering "to its more extreme members and
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By the time of Bulmer-Thomas' death, it was estimated that the
Friends had by their own efforts actively saved 17 churches, and helped to rescue many more; They had become the guardians of 21 separate churches. While many disagreed with Bulmer-Thomas' approach, his commitment was clear.
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came round, Thomas found himself with a formidable task in trying to win
Newport. Thomas had family connections and his stance on steel nationalisation was thought to be popular, but he found the voters not very interested. Thomas was defeated by the heavy margin of 9,992 votes.
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Assembly was the care of the fabric of churches. In 1951 he was appointed chairman of the London Diocesan Advisory Committee on the care of Churches, and in June of that year he successfully moved a motion in the Church Assembly to set up a
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537:) with a Christian philosophical analysis of suffering and bereavement. In later life Thomas was to identify it as his favourite piece of writing, and it was republished in 1987. Thomas needed only four hours sleep, and kept volumes of Dante in the original mediaeval
417:, published in 1930 (the year its subject died). Thomas had come to know Birkenhead through his interest in university athletics and the book has been described as witty and entertaining; it was dedicated to "my creditors". David Fowler noted the following works
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Assembly on 15 November 1956, Bulmer-Thomas attacked Fisher, saying that he "held a pistol to my face while the Dean of Gloucester plunged his dagger into my back", which shocked some listeners. Bulmer-Thomas went away and made his own plans.
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Historic Churches Preservation Trust achieved its desired funding and persuaded the Church Assembly to pass the Inspection of Churches Measure, to properly assess the condition of old churches every five years. Bulmer-Thomas' obituary in
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was "a blot on our national honour". He described the principle of supporting those unable to work as "the iron ration of citizenship". In his early period in
Parliament he concentrated on propaganda concerns, in which he disagreed with
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man with little experience of the heavy work of
Parliament, was in charge of such an important Bill. Despite a gruelling passage, including an all day Standing Committee session, the Bill was enacted on schedule on 1 August.
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to Labour without so doing. When Thomas declared that the Labour slogan reversed the Christian declaration 'What is mine is thine' to say 'What is thine is mine', Morgan shouted at him "You are a dirty dog!". The
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Despite thoughts that Thomas might be 'leadership material', Attlee dropped him from the government on 7 October 1947, a dismissal which was unexpected. The reason was Thomas' increasing disillusion with
790:, a shift which he later ascribed to an act of weakness by Attlee in giving in to left-wing pressure after the dispute over the Civil Aviation Bill. With this appointment he was also a delegate to the
1193:(PSLI). These parties (and their supporters) were commonly referred to in the press as 'social democrats' rather than 'socialists', so differentiating them from the hard-left Italian Socialist Party.
943:'s remark that half the children in his class never had any boots, Thomas gibed that "if ever he went to school without any boots it was because he was too big for them". He wrote a book called
413:'s former house. The product of his research there was a book on Gladstone's son, published under the title "Gladstone of Hawarden" in 1936. This book was preceded into print by a biography of
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670:'s call for it to be treated on the same level as the three services. Thomas argued that this was an "entirely false perspective" and that propaganda was a "valuable but
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and specialist articles on scientific subjects as well as being a sports correspondent for a brief period. He married Dilys Llewelyn Jones in 1932, who bore him a son.
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which was published the following year. However, tragedy struck with the death of his wife in childbirth in the same year. Thomas' reaction was to write "Dilysia", a
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commented that "more than any other single Act, this modest Measure has prevented many of those sudden 'repairs crises' which carry off too many fine churches".
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intervened in his speech to ask whether he would stand for re-election immediately under his new colours; Thomas replied that he had consulted the precedent of
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Powers existing in 1937" and for democratic government throughout Europe. With the end of the war in sight, in April 1945 Thomas drew attention to a speech by
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and the contest was a high-profile one; although Simon was elected, his margin of 642 votes was closer than expected and was said to have given him a fright.
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where he became Senior Demy in Theology. He was the Liddon Student in 1928, the Ellerton Essayist in 1929, and the Junior Denyer and Johnson Scholar in 1930.
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after 35 years membership of it and its predecessor. He received several honours, including an honorary Fellowship of St John's College Oxford, and the
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from 1958; he served on the society's council for more than 30 years and was its chairman from 1975 to 1990. In 1970 he became a Fellow of the
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government in junior roles made him resent the influence of the Labour left; he fell out with party policy on nationalisation and moved to the
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847:(UdS) calling for a federation of Europe; when it was revealed that left-wing Labour Members of Parliament had sent a telegram of support to
385:, in international cross-country running. But for an injury he would have stood a good chance of selection in the Great Britain team for the
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called "Warfare by Words" which criticised British propaganda efforts, and defined the term as an act of "sabotage leading to revolution".
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in 1979 being at the insistence of the Mathematics Department. On his 80th birthday, the Ancient Monuments Society published a
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group, which campaigns to prevent churches falling into disuse, and play a key role in founding the charity known today as
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Reviewer for Classical Reviews on ancient science and mathematics; contributor of articles to journals and encyclopaedias.
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who had also left Labour over the nationalisation of steel, and in the new year he formally announced he had joined the
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to urge the government to "drop all contentious legislation" in the forthcoming Parliamentary session, specifically the
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which called for Government and Opposition to share common ground on foreign policy and defence by sharing information.
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in both. He then turned to study divinity, but fell into dispute with the president of the college and moved instead to
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for his work in preserving Churches in 1984, which Bulmer-Thomas quipped stood for "Churches Before Evangelism".
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from 1925 to 1927, in which year he won the three miles race. In 1926 he had represented his country,
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4 million trust for the preservation of historic churches.
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1877:"Assembly Clash On "Neglect" Of Historic Churches",
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1709:"Italians Cheer Labour M.P.: Hint about Colonies",
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322:believer, his personal piety was described by
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223:(30 November 1905 – 7 October 1993), born
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783:On 4 October 1946 Thomas was moved to be
553:threatened, Thomas enlisted in 1938 in a
78:Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
16:British journalist and author (1905–1993)
2168:Social Democratic Party (UK) politicians
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573:Mathematics" which was published by the
338:Performing well at school, Thomas won a
330:obituary as "always gentle and humble".
72:10 August 1945 – 4 October 1946
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1360:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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565:. In 1940 he was commissioned into the
561:as a fusilier, equivalent in rank to a
2113:British Army personnel of World War II
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1787:"Mr. A. Edwards Joins Conservatives",
1358:"Thomas, Ivor Bulmer- (1905–1993)" in
577:; he was promoted to captain in 1941.
529:which combined his increasing love of
487:, Thomas took it to coincide with the
453:Lehrbücher zur Didaktik der Mathematik
2088:Military personnel from Monmouthshire
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1696:"Mr. Ivor Thomas on European Union",
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2153:Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
1761:"Mr. Ivor Thomas in Stormy Scene",
1515:"Protest Against Sunday Theatres",
1437:"Keighley candidate's withdrawal",
870:On 13 October 1948 Thomas wrote to
424:(1939–1941), Loeb Classical Library
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1748:"M.P. resigns from Labour Party",
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435:Dictionary of Scientific Biography
306:, where he abandoned his father's
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1851:"Expert Inspection of Churches",
1605:"Standing Committee's Long Day",
1554:"More Ministerial Appointments",
1306:"Ivor Bulmer-Thomas" (Obituary),
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641:candidacy by B. D. Margerison of
541:by his bedside to read at night.
1936:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1890:"Saving 'Friendless Churches'",
1825:"Roofing of Churches" (letter),
1450:"New Labour M.P. for Keighley",
1191:Italian Socialist Workers' Party
1107:Society of Antiquaries of London
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491:for which he had been chosen as
2108:Royal Norfolk Regiment officers
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1528:"League For European Freedom",
1384:"Who Was Who", A & C Black.
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1085:The Churches Conservation Trust
947:which was published that year.
855:(PSI) – which was fighting the
608:. Thomas wrote a 1942 book for
280:The Churches Conservation Trust
1395:"Obituary: Ivor Bulmer-Thomas"
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1075:Friends of Friendless Churches
1069:Friends of Friendless Churches
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483:In 1935, owed some leave from
276:Friends of Friendless Churches
235:in his youth, and he became a
90:4 October 1946 – 1947
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975:The Times Literary Supplement
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696:Lord's Day Observance Society
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1812:"S. Wales apathy on steel",
1189:with the similarly-moderate
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1838:"Maintenance of Churches",
1489:"Terms of Commons Motion",
1044:Dispute with the archbishop
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476:. He also wrote occasional
466:Thomas joined the staff of
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1998:Ministry of Civil Aviation
1683:"New Members of Cabinet",
1502:"Sunday Theatre Opening",
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1115:St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
1109:. In addition he became a
810:, against attempts by the
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1657:"Singapore strike over",
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1493:, 27 November 1942, p. 4.
1454:, 14 February 1942, p. 2.
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1739:, 15 October 1948, p. 5.
1635:, 14 October 1946, p. 4.
1532:, 20 January 1945, p. 2.
1519:, 9 February 1943, p. 2.
1506:, 4 February 1943, p. 2.
1441:, 6 February 1942, p. 2.
1428:, 26 January 1942, p. 2.
1424:"Keighley By-Election",
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1055:Archbishop of Canterbury
597:with a brief to develop
346:, where he studied both
2148:British Anglo-Catholics
1994:Parliamentary Secretary
1903:"Latest Appointments",
1894:, 13 August 1957, p. 5.
1791:, 20 August 1949, p. 4.
1778:, 4 January 1949, p. 4.
1687:, 8 October 1947, p. 4.
1674:, 13 August 1947, p. 6.
1622:, 5 October 1946, p. 4.
1618:"Cabinet And Defence",
1558:, 11 August 1945, p. 2.
1185:, which was then in an
1131:Social Democratic Party
1091:Redundant Churches Fund
1015:, formerly director of
929:Newport (Monmouthshire)
903:who had moved from the
865:Italian Communist Party
853:Italian Socialist Party
764:Private Pilot's Licence
753:London Heathrow Airport
737:Parliamentary Secretary
633:caused by the death of
595:Ministry of Information
411:William Ewart Gladstone
310:faith in favour of the
56:Parliamentary Secretary
2098:Welsh male journalists
1907:, 3 April 1969, p. 12.
1726:, 20 April 1948, p. 4.
1713:, 31 March 1948, p. 5.
1644:"Trustee Agreements",
1631:"British Delegation",
1571:11 October 1945, p. 8.
1545:, 13 April 1945, p. 5.
1480:, 20 April 1942, p. 5.
1467:, 13 March 1942, p. 8.
851:, leader of the rival
575:Loeb Classical Library
567:Royal Norfolk Regiment
446:Geschichte der Algebra
430:, Latimer House (1949)
1868:, 14 July 1956, p. 6.
1842:, 20 June 1952, p. 3.
1700:, 1 April 1948, p. 3.
1609:, 28 June 1946, p. 4.
1584:, 6 April 1946, p. 2.
1415:, 16 July 1935, p. 9.
1146:University of Warwick
945:The Socialist Tragedy
729:1945 general election
428:The Socialist Tragedy
1952:Member of Parliament
1722:"Party Discipline",
1670:"House of Commons",
1567:"House of Commons",
1179:Ivan Matteo Lombardo
1013:Victor Bulmer-Thomas
1003:) Joan Bulmer, from
964:Return to journalism
857:forthcoming election
747:as the Minister was
702:". (Saul is said in
515:Thomas moved to the
403:St Deiniol's Library
387:1928 Summer Olympics
367:cross country runner
300:West Monmouth School
243:wing of the Church.
229:Member of Parliament
95:Member of Parliament
2093:People from Cwmbran
2059:The Daily Telegraph
2035:David Rees-Williams
2018:Arthur Creech Jones
1945:Hastings Lees-Smith
1855:, 9 May 1955, p. 5.
1829:, 3 May 1952, p. 7.
1774:"Mr. Ivor Thomas",
993:The Daily Telegraph
880:Iron and Steel Bill
845:Union of Socialists
768:Civil Aviation Bill
692:French North Africa
635:Hastings Lees-Smith
631:Keighley byelection
290:Thomas was born in
122:Hastings Lees-Smith
2050:Malcolm Muggeridge
1979:Political offices
1580:"Civil Aviation",
1001:Hereford Cathedral
925:Conservative Party
834:Crossing the floor
531:Italian literature
352:Literae Humaniores
348:Mathematical Mods.
268:Conservative Party
215:Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
25:Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
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2067:Succeeded by
2056:Deputy Editor of
2032:Succeeded by
2005:Succeeded by
1969:Succeeded by
1735:"Unity at Home",
1411:"News in Brief",
1336:, 9 October 1993.
1310:, 8 October 1993.
1254:, 8 October 1993.
1023:Church of England
914:Winston Churchill
668:Stephen King-Hall
557:battalion of the
474:sub-editors' room
369:. He represented
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