Thomas Alcock (19 August 1801 – 22 August 1866) was a British Member of Parliament for 24 years non-consecutively, a progressive Liberal on questions of expansion of the popular ballot he was also an established church benefactor.
His father, a clerk at the Treasury, was a nephew of Sir Joseph Mawbey.
[2] He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Newton, Lancashire between 1826 and 1830, and after the Great Reform Act, sat for Ludlow, Shropshire from 1839 to 1840, and having lost elections such as the 1841 East Surrey by-election served that seat from 1847 to 1865.
[2] He was a strong advocate for the preservation of commons and open spaces for the use and recreation of the public, and published a pamphlet on the subject in 1845.
[2] He was also responsible for extensively remodelling the mansion of Kingswood Warren in Surrey, to the designs of the architect T.R.