Thomas Pile
Thomas Pile | |
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.png) In The Sketch, 4 April 1900 | |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 1900–1901 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Tallon |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Harrington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1856 |
| Died | 17 January 1931 (aged 74) London, England |
| Party | Nationalist Party |
| Spouse |
Caroline Nicholson (m. 1882) |
| Children | 4, including Frederick |
| Education | Wesley College, Dublin |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sir Thomas Devereux Pile, 1st Baronet (27 February 1856 – 17 January 1931) was an Irish politician, and a member of the Irish Home Rule movement.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Thomas Pile was born on 2 February 1856, the son of Thomas Pile and Anne Poole. He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin.[3] His brother was the builder James Philip Pile.[4]
He married Caroline Nicholson on 3 May 1882, and they had four children, including Frederick Pile.[5]
He was a member of Dublin Corporation for the Fitzwilliam ward. He held the office of Sheriff of Dublin City in 1898,[6] and became the Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1900.[7][8] He was a Protestant, and a moderate nationalist.[2]
In 1900 Queen Victoria visited Dublin to pay tribute to the Irish troops who fought in the Boer War.[7] Pile proposed that Dublin Corporation should give her an address of welcome. Nationalist members were split on the motion, and a heated debate ensued, ending with the motion being carried by 30 votes to 22.[9] This was controversial: the nationalist papers denounced him as a traitor, Maud Gonne referred to him as a "groveling unionist fishmonger", and at the Saint Patrick's Day parade his coach was surrounded by an angry mob singing "We’ll hang Tommy Pile on a sour apple tree".[9] The queen arrived on 4 April 1900, and was duly received by Pile. On 24 September 1900, Pile was created 1st Baronet Pile, of Kenilworth House, Rathgar, County Dublin.[10] He was the last titled person to be lord mayor of Dublin.
Pile died in London on 17 January 1931, at the age of 74.[3]
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References
[edit]- ↑ O'Brien 1982, p. 86.
- 1 2 Murphy 2020, p. 187
- 1 2 "Death of Sir Thomas Pile". The Observer. 18 January 1931. p. 16. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Building News and Engineering Journal". Office for Publication and Advertisements. 1909. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Frederick Pile". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31549. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times. 8 January 2007.
- ↑ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- 1 2 Pašeta, Senia (November 1999). "Nationalist Responses to Two Royal Visits to Ireland, 1900 and 1903". Irish Historical Studies. 31 (124): 492.
- ↑ MacAodhagain, Ray. "Sir Thomas Devereux Pile: The Ringsend Born Lord Mayor of Dublin". NewsFour. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage. 1915. p. 1602.
Sources
[edit]- Murphy, James H. (2020). The Politics of Dublin Corporation, 1840–1900. Four Courts Press.
- O'Brien, Joseph V. (1982). Dear, Dirty Dublin: A City in Distress, 1899–1916. University of California Press.