Constituency : Monmouth Boroughs 1892-1900, Hackney Central 1906-18
Albert recovered Monmouth Boroughs from the Conservatives.
Albert was born in Brixton, the son of a wealthy paper merchant. His elder brother James was the great grandfather of Labour's Harriet Harman. In 1888 their father died and the brothers turned the firm into the biggest paper company in the world. He was a Congregationalist.
Albert was defeated in 1900. He narrowly lost a by-election there in 1901.He switched to Hackney Central in 1906 , taking it from the Tories by 616 votes. He held off Liberal Unionist and then Conservative challenges in 1910 by similar margins
Albert was created a baronet in 1906. In 1909 he chaired the Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire as he was president of the London body.
Albert chaired the Enquiry into the Marconi affair.
In 1918 Albert's last Commons speech was in opposition to a proposal for a lottery to raise funds for the Red Cross because it endorsed "the spirit of gambling". He stood down at the General Election.
Albert was Treasurer of the London Missionary Society and entertained King Khama of Bechuana at a dinner party
He died in 1934 aged 87.
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