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	{{Use dmy dates\|date=April ~~2022~~}}'''Tom Caldwell''' (30 June 1921 – 13 November 2002) was a [[politician]], [[art dealer]] and [[interior designer]] in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/maverick-unionist-and-patron-of-avant-garde-artists-1.345873\|title=Maverick unionist and patron of avant-garde artists\|work=[[The Irish Times]]\|date=2003-01-18\|accessdate=2019-03-19}}</ref>		{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2012}}'''Tom Caldwell''' (30 June 1921 – 13 November 2002) was a [[politician]], [[art dealer]] and [[interior designer]] in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/maverick-unionist-and-patron-of-avant-garde-artists-1.345873\|title=Maverick unionist and patron of avant-garde artists\|work=[[The Irish Times]]\|date=2003-01-18\|accessdate=2019-03-19}}</ref>

	Born in [[Uganda]], Caldwell moved to [[Belfast]] at the age of three. He studied at the [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution]], then in 1941 joined the [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]]. This was followed by four years as an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="telegraph">"[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/obituary-mr-tom-caldwell-28087998.html Obituary: Mr Tom Caldwell]", ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', 15 November 2002. Retrieved 2019-03-19.</ref>		Born in [[Uganda]], Caldwell moved to [[Belfast]] at the age of three. He studied at the [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution]], then in 1941 joined the [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]]. This was followed by four years as an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="telegraph">"[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/obituary-mr-tom-caldwell-28087998.html Obituary: Mr Tom Caldwell]", ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', 15 November 2002. Retrieved 2019-03-19.</ref>

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{{for|other people with a similar name|Thomas Caldwell (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}'''Tom Caldwell''' (30 June 1921 – 13 November 2002) was a [[politician]], [[art dealer]] and [[interior designer]] in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/maverick-unionist-and-patron-of-avant-garde-artists-1.345873|title=Maverick unionist and patron of avant-garde artists|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=2003-01-18|accessdate=2019-03-19}}</ref>

Born in [[Uganda]], Caldwell moved to [[Belfast]] at the age of three. He studied at the [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution]], then in 1941 joined the [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]]. This was followed by four years as an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="telegraph">"[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/obituary-mr-tom-caldwell-28087998.html Obituary: Mr Tom Caldwell]", ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', 15 November 2002. Retrieved 2019-03-19.</ref>

In 1954, Caldwell inherited the family [[furniture]] business, and began promoting contemporary design. In 1962, he had his first involvement in politics, asking [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] [[Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough|Basil Brooke]] to formally thank [[Roman Catholics]] for not supporting the [[Irish Republican Army]] (IRA)'s [[Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army)|Border Campaign]].<ref name="telegraph" /> In 1964, he was appointed [[interior designer]] to the [[Duke of Westminster]]. In 1969, he opened an [[art gallery]] in Belfast to promote local artists.<ref name="gallery">[http://www.tomcaldwellgallery.com/history.asp Tom Caldwell Gallery]</ref>

Caldwell accepted a late offer to contest [[Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Belfast Willowfield]] at the [[1969 Northern Ireland general election]] as an [[independent Unionist]] supporter of former [[Ulster Unionist Party]] Prime Minister [[Terence O'Neill]]. He spent his time in Parliament urging discussions with the IRA, and initiated contact with them in 1972. At a meeting in [[Dublin]], he asked them to avoid "soft targets".<ref name="telegraph" />

Caldwell stood unsuccessfully as an independent Unionist in [[South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)|South Antrim]] at the [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 general election]], taking only 11.2% of the votes cast.<ref>[http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1970UK&cons=6 Westminster – Antrim South First Preference Votes], ElectionsIreland.org</ref> The [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]] was suspended in 1972 and abolished the following year. Caldwell joined the [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]], but the new party did not give him a candidacy at the [[1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election]],<ref name="telegraph" /> and he resigned the following year.<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons]</ref>

In 1974, Caldwell opened a second art gallery, this time in Dublin.<ref name="gallery" /> In 1976, he debated Sean Hopkins, an IRA fundraiser, in the United States, leading to Hopkins' deportation. He became a regular speaker in the U.S., and an opponent of [[Bill Clinton]]'s policy on Northern Ireland.<ref name="telegraph" />

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