1626 Alfred Hazel

Constituency :  West  Bromwich  1906-10

Alfred  took  West  Bromwich  from  the  Tories.

Alfred  was  educated  at  King  Edward's  School, Birmingham  and  Oxford. He  won  the  Eldon  Law  Scholarship  and  qualified  as  a  barrister. He  was  appointed  to  a  Fellowship  in  Law  at  Oxford  almost  immediately.

In  1909  Alfred  spoke  against  removing  restrictions  on  the  Jesuits  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Disabilities  Removal, Etc  Bill. He  opposed  Home Rule.

Alfred  was  defeated  in  January  1910  and  failed  to  regain  the  seat  by  just  2  votes  in  December.

Alfred  became  a  Reader  in  Constitutional  Law  at  the  Inns  of  Court  in  1910.

From  1915 to  1919,  Alfred  was  Deputy  Controller  in  the  Ministry  of  Munitions.

Alfred  was  due  to  stand  again  in  1918  but  withdrew  when  the coupon  was  given  to  his  Unionist  opponent. Labour  then  took  the  seat, a  rare  defeat  for  a  couponed  candidate.

In  1925  Alfred  became  Principal  of  Jesus  College.

He  died  in  1944  aged  75.