Thomas Oslaf Kellock QC (4 July 1923 – 12 January 1993), was a British judge, Liberal Party politician and leading figure in the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
Background He was the son of surgeon Thomas Herbert Kellock of Cambridge and Margaret Brooke. He was educated at Rugby School and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1967 he married Jane Ursula Symonds.‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014
Professional career He was barrister and a member of the chambers of former Liberal MP Dingle Foot.
Political career He was elected a member of the Liberal Party council.The Times House of Commons, 1959 He was Liberal candidate for the Torquay division of Devon at the 1959 General Election. He was Chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1963–65.‘KELLOCK, His Honour Thomas Oslaf’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Sept 2014 He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1966 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division at the 1968 Kensington South by-election. He was Liberal candidate for the Harwich division of Essex at the October 1974 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S. He was actively involved in Liberal International as Chairman of the British section.
Election results
See also Anti-Apartheid Movement Torquay (UK Parliament constituency) Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency) 1968 Kensington South by-election Harwich (UK Parliament constituency) Liberal International
External links Kellock's page at the National Portrait Gallery:http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp81261/thomas-oslaf-kellock Obituary, The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-his-honour-thomas-kellock-1470260.html
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