Thomas Scanlan (21 May 1874 – 9 January 1930) was an Irish barrister and nationalist politician.
Later he became a solicitor and eventually was called to the English Bar and became prominently identified with the Irish movement in London.
Scanlan was elected unopposed for North Sligo at a by-election in August 1909 after the death of Patrick McHugh MP.
As a barrister, Scanlan represented the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union at the inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
[5] After his parliamentary defeat he was a London Metropolitan Police Magistrate from 1924 to 1927,[6] resigning due to ill-health.