Thomas Devereux Pile
In The Sketch, 4 April 1900
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1900–1901
Sheriff of Dublin City
In office
1898
Personal details
Born(1856-02-27)27 February 1856
Died17 January 1931(1931-01-17) (aged 74)
London, England
Political partyIrish Unionist Alliance
Spouse
Caroline Maude Nicholson
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(m. 1882)​
Children4, including Frederick Alfred Pile
OccupationPolitician

Sir Thomas Devereux Pile, 1st Baronet (27 February 1856 – 17 January 1931) was an Irish politician. He was a member of the Irish Unionist Alliance.

Biography

Thomas Devereux Pile was born on 2 February 1856, the son of Thomas Pile and Anne Poole. He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin.[1] He married Caroline Maude Nicholson on 3 May 1882, and they had four children, including Frederick Alfred Pile.[2]

He was a member of Dublin Corporation for the Fitzwilliam ward, and became the Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1900.[3][4] As Lord Mayor, he welcomed Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900 when she came to pay tribute to the Irish troops who fought in the Boer War.[3] He was created 1st Baronet Pile, of Kenilworth House, Rathgar, County Dublin on 24 September 1900. He was the last titled person and last unionist politician to be Lord Mayor of Dublin. He held the office of Sheriff of Dublin City in 1898.[5]

Thomas Devereux Pile died in London on 17 January 1931.[1]

Coat of arms of Thomas Devereux Pile
Crest
On a crest coronet Or charged with a cross bourdonée Azure a pelican with wings endorsed and inverted Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure three piles Argent on a chief Ermine a castle Proper between two harps Or.
Motto
Sine Labe Nota[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Death of Sir Thomas Pile". The Observer. 18 January 1931. p. 16. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Frederick Pile". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31549. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. 1 2 "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times. 8 January 2007.
  4. ↑ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1932), Saturday 21 May 1898". Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932). Trove. 21 May 1898. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage. 1915. p. 1602.


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