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For his son a member of the provincial parliament see Thomas Miles Birkett.Thomas Birkett (February 1 1844 – December 2 1920) was mayor of Ottawa Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904.He was born in Ottawa in 1844 the son of Miles Birkett and Elizabeth Wren who came to Upper Canada from England. At the age of 13 he became an apprentice to a local hardware store owner. In 1866 he opened his own hardware store.
