Friday 26 May 2017

1569 George Haddock


Constituency : North   Lonsdale  1906-12  ( Liberal  Unionist ) ; 1912-18  ( Conservative )

George  took  North  Lonsdale  from  Richard  Cavendish  who'd  defected  to  the  Liberals  over  Free  Trade. He  won  by  179  votes.

In  1907  the  Tory  Earl  of  Crawford  described him  as  "utterly  useless"  as  a  parliamentarian.

George  retained  the  seat  in  January  1910  by  69  votes. The  Liberals  demanded  a  recount  which  resulted  in  George's  majority  going  up  by  a  hundred. In  December  he  won  against  the  same  opponent  by  74  votes.

George  served  in  World  War  One  as  a  Major.

George  stood  down  when  the  seat  was  abolished  in  1918.

George  was  fond  of  hunting  and  shooting.

He  died  in  1930  aged  66.

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