Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe

(13 July 1832 – 7 June 1923), known as Sir Thomas Roe between 1894 and 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, particularly associated with the town of Derby.

[2] He entered Parliament for Derby in an 1883 by-election, a seat he held until he was defeated at the 1895 general election.

[1][3] He was knighted in 1894[4] and in 1917 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Roe, of the Borough of Derby.

[5] Lord Roe married, at the age of 71, Emily, daughter of Matthew Kirtley, in 1903.

Roe survived her by fourteen years and died in June 1923, aged 90, when the barony became extinct.