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David Alfred Thomas, Is-iarll Cyntaf Rhondda (1856-1918)
David Thomas was the son of a Merthyr shopkeeper turned coal entrepreneur. He inherited a share in his family’s Cambrian Collieries in Clydach Vale, but pursued a political career as Liberal MP for Merthyr until 1910. Returning to business, he controlled a dozen colliery undertakings by 1916 with an output of 52 million tons.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 5045
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