Major-General Thomas Charles Pleydell Calley CB CBE MVO (28 January 1856 – 14 February 1932)[2] was a British military officer and Liberal Unionist politician.

[3] He joined the 1st Life Guards in 1876 and served in Egypt in 1882, where he took part in the Battle of Tel el-Kebir.

In 1886 he was appointed captain, promoted to major in 1894, lieutenant-colonel in 1898,[3] and a brevet colonel in November 1900 for service in the Second Boer War in South Africa 1899–1900.

[4] He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in July 1901,[5] and served as Silver Stick in Waiting to King Edward VII during his coronation in August 1902.

However, at the general election in December 1910, he narrowly lost the seat to another Liberal candidate and did not stand for Parliament again.