Thomas Eades Walker (24 February 1843 – 13 January 1899)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.
[3] He was born John Thomas Eades Walker - he used only the second and third of his Christian names - at Wednesbury where his father, a self-made man, built up a very large business manufacturing axles for railway rolling stock.
Unfortunately both father and son lived in considerable style far beyond their incomes.
Popularly known as 'Tapioca Tom', Thomas Eades Walker was well known for a few years on the Turf and owned a winner of the 1000 Guineas Stakes.
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