Thomas Phinn, QC (c. 1814 – 31 October 1866) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.
[1] He held various positions in the Admiralty of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
[3] He was appointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17 April 1854,[4] and continued in that office until appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty on 22 May 1855,[5] He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1857.
a post which required his resignation from the House of Commons.
He resigned from the Admiralty on 7 May 1857, but was re-appointed Counsel and Judge-Advocate on 12 November 1863, and held that post until his death on 31 October 1866, in London.