page_title: Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe
section_title: Background and early life
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe / Background and early life
context_page_description: Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe, known as Sir Thomas Roe between 1894 and 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, particularly associated with the town of Derby.
context_section_description: Of a modest background, Roe was the son of Thomas Roe, a timber merchant and Mayor of Derby, and his wife Deborah, daughter of Absalom Oakley. He began to work in the office of his father's company, Messr Roe & Sons, timber merchants, at the age of fourteen and became a partner at the age of twenty-two.
caption: "The Late Lord Roe" by Ernest Townsend
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