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David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda

Welsh industrialist
Also known as: David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda of Llanwern, Baron Rhondda of Llanwern(Show More)
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David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda , (born March 26, 1856, Ysgyborwen, Glamorgan [now in Rhondda Cynon Taff], Wales—died July 3, 1918, Llanwern, Monmouthshire [now in Newport]) was a Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur, leading figure in industrial South Wales, and government official who introduced food rationing into Great Britain during World War I. After he entered his family’s coal business in 1879, Thomas promoted several mergers of mining companies and in 1913 formed Consolidated Cambrian, Ltd.,...

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