# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-alfred-thomas-1st-viscount-rhondda
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:50:40.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-alfred-thomas-1st-viscount-rhondda"
name: "David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda"
slug: "david-alfred-thomas-1st-viscount-rhondda"
description: "David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, PC, was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1888 until the January 1910 general election, then MP for Cardiff until the December 1910 general election, when he left politics to concentrate on his business interests. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1916. He later held office, notably as \"Food Controller\" in Lloyd George's wartime coalition government."
tagline: "British businessman & politician (1856-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Mr._D._A._Thomas_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1856-03-26"
deathDate: "1918-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474874666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._A._Thomas"
    title: "D. A. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alfred_Thomas"
    title: "David Alfred Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thomas%2C_1._Viscount_Rhondda"
    title: "David Thomas, 1. Viscount Rhondda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thomas%2C_1%3Ae_viscount_Rhondda"
    title: "David Thomas, 1:e viscount Rhondda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alfred_Thomas"
    title: "David Alfred Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._A._Thomas"
    title: "D. A. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump