Constituency : Loughborough 1900-18
Maurice took over from Edward Johnson-Ferguson at Loughborough.
Maurice was from Leicester. he was educated at London University. He was managing director of a wholesale and manufacturing company. He also had interests in banking. He was Jewish.
Maurice opposed the 1905 Aliens Act which sought to restrict Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe.
Maurice was knighted in 1907 and created a baronet in 1913. He became a junior whip.
Maurice opposed female suffrage in 1908 on the grounds that it would lead to women wanting seats in Parliament.
In 1913 Maurice used an overheard conversation with Ramsay McDonald in a by-election campaign at Leicester to undermine the ILP candidate and ease the passage of the Liberal to victory.
In 1916 Maurice was sued by a naval lieutenant for suggesting he was a German spy.
Maurice worked for Lloyd George in the Ministry of Munitions. He was also part of a special trade mission to Ireland. Despite his own religion he bought a pupit for a Methodist chapel due to be visited by Lloyd George.
Maurice stood down in 1918.
He died in 1933 aged 74.
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