Monday 1 May 2017

1544 Sidney Robinson




Constituency : Breconshire  1906-18, Brecon  and  Radnor  1918-22

Sidney  took  over  from  Charles  Morley  at  Breconshire.

Sidney  was  a  locally-educated  timber  merchant. He  was  a  Cardiff  town  councillor  from  1895  to  1901. He  was  strongly  opposed  to  the  1902  Education  Act. He  became  President  of  Cardiff Liberal  Association.

Sidney  supported  Lloyd  George  in  1916.

In  1918  Sidney's  constituency  was  merged  with  Radnorshire  represented  by  Francis  Edwards. Edwards  decided  to  retire  and  Sidney  was  unopposed.

Sidney  stood  down  in  1922.

He  died  in  1956  aged  93.

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