Introduction
Thomas Ball Silcock (19 September 1854 – 1 April 1924), was a British Liberal Party politician in the radical tradition.
Background
He was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire to Thomas Ball Silcock and Amelia Milsom. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He got a BSc. from London University. He married in 1881, Mary Frances Tarrant of Bath. They had three sons and two daughters.
Career
He worked as an architect and surveyor. He was Mayor of Bath from 1900–01 and again from 1910–11. He was a Justice of the Peace. He was elected Liberal MP for the Wells Division of Somerset at the 1906 General Election, gaining the seat from the Conservatives. He was defeated by the Conservatives at the following General Election in January 1910. He did not stand for parliament again.