{{Short description|English journalist, author and lawyer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Thomas Meech '''Thomas Cox Meech''' (1868 – 20 October 1940) was an English journalist, author and lawyer.
Born in Beaminster and educated at Ardingly College, Meech was initially intent on becoming a lawyer but instead turned to journalism, becoming editor of ''Ayrshire Post'', ''Lancashire Daily Post'' and the ''Northern Echo''. He published his first novel ''Only a Collier'' in 1890. Other books include biographies of Thomas Burt and William McKinley and a history of the Great Britain and Ireland called ''This Generation'' (1927–28).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M6PSAAAAMAAJ This generation: a history of Great Britain and Ireland]</ref> With Ladbroke Black he wrote several books under the pen name Paul Urquhart.
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== External links == * [https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/09/paul-urquhart-ladbroke-black-thomas.html Bear Alley: Paul Urquhart (Ladbroke Black & Thomas Meech)<!-- bot-generated title -->] at blogspot.com
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