Thomas married Eleanor Robinson, 30 years his junior, in Paddington on 9 September 1903. They moved to Kingston upon Thames and Thomas died there 24 November 1910 aged 69. Cycle racing In 1891 Charles Terront won the world's first long distance race, Paris–Brest–Paris, riding a Humber bicycle fitted with prototype removable pneumatic tyres made by Michelin. Note References 1841 births 1910 deaths English philanthropists Businesspeople from Sheffield British cycle designers Engineers from Yorkshire 19th-century British philanthropists Sustainable transport pioneers 19th-century English businesspeople