# Tom Gallon

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**Thomas Henry Gallon** (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist [Nellie Tom-Gallon](/source/Nellie_Tom-Gallon), who founded the [Tom-Gallon Trust Award](/source/Tom-Gallon_Trust_Award)[1] for beginning writers in memory of her brother.

## Biography

Tom Gallon was born in [Bermondsey](/source/Bermondsey), London, the son of John P. Gallon (an engineer, fitter and turner) and his wife Martha K. Gallon.[2]

Several of Tom Gallon's novels were [adapted as films](/source/Film_adaptation) including *[The Princess of Happy Chance](/source/The_Princess_of_Happy_Chance)* (1916), *[Meg the Lady](/source/Meg_the_Lady_(film))* (1916), *[The Cruise of the Make-Believes](/source/The_Cruise_of_the_Make-Believes)* (1918), *[The Lackey and the Lady](/source/The_Lackey_and_the_Lady)* (1919), *[A Rogue in Love](/source/A_Rogue_in_Love)* (1922), *[Boden's Boy](/source/Boden's_Boy)* (1923), *Off the Highway* (1925, based on *Tatterley*), *[The Great Gay Road](/source/The_Great_Gay_Road_(1920_film))* (1920, silent) and *[The Great Gay Road](/source/The_Great_Gay_Road_(1931_film))* (1931, sound).[2]

He died in London on 4 November 1914.[3]

## Selected works

### Novels

- *Tatterley* (1897)
- *The Golden Thread* (1904)
- *[Meg the Lady](/source/Meg_the_Lady_(novel))* (1905)
- *Jimmy Quixote* (1906)
- *The Dream And The Woman* (1909)
- *[The Great Gay Road](/source/The_Great_Gay_Road_(novel))* (1910)
- *The Touch of A Child* (1910)
- *The Mystery of Roger Bullock* (1910)
- *The Rogue's Heiress* (1910)
- *As He was Born* (1911)
- *Dead Man's Love* (1911)
- *By the Name of Miss Smith* (1912)
- *Levity Hicks* (1912)
- *Memory Corner* (1912)
- *Young Eve and Old Adam* (1913)
- *"It Will Be All Right!"* (1914)
- *The Man in Motley* (1915)
- *The Princess of Happy Chance* (1915)
- *The Diamond Trail* (1916)
- *The Man Hunt* (1916)
- *The Lady in the Black Mask* (1917)

### Plays

- *The Man Who Stole the Castle*, by Gallon and Leon M. Lion (Garrick Theatre, 1900)
- *Memory's Garden* (1902)
- *Lady Jane's Christmas Party* (Garrick Theatre, 1904)
- *Law and Order* (Palace Theatre, 1908)
- *The Great Gay Road* (Court Theatre, 1911)
- *Aurora's Captive* (Prince of Wales Theatre, 1913)
- *All's Fair* (Tivoli Musichall, 1913)
- *Felix Gets a Month*, Gallon and Lion (Haymarket Theatre, 1917)
- *Pistols For Two*, Gallon and Lion (Coliseum, 1917)

## References

1. [The Tom-Gallon Trust Award](http://www.societyofauthors.org/tom-gallon-trust-and-olive-cook-award) at The [Society of Authors](/source/Society_of_Authors).

1. ["Tom Gallon"](http://bearalley.blogspot.nl/2007/08/tom-gallon.html). 24 August 2007. Bear Alley (blog). Steve (steve@bearalley.co.uk).

1. ["Tom Gallon, English Novelist, Dead"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-tom-gallon-english-nov/135838864/). *[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)*. 1914-11-04. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-11-26. – via Newspapers.com.

## External links

- [Tom Gallon](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/tom-gallon/) at Fantastic Fiction – bibliography with cover images]
- [Tom Gallon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303119/) at IMDb
- [Play by Tom Gallon at Great War Theatre](https://www.greatwartheatre.org.uk/db/person/1198/)

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