Thomas James Macnamara (1870 - 3 December 1931) was a school teacher and politician. He was born in Montreal, Canada, and was the son of a sergeant in the British Army. The family returned to England, and Macnamara became a school teacher in Bristol. In 1892 he moved to London to become editor of The Schoolmaster, the journal of the National Union of Teachers. He was president of the union in 1896. He was elected to the London School Board to represent Lambeth West on three occasions: in 1894 1897 and 1900. Article in Wikipedia [1]