1663 Hugh Lea

Constituency : St  Pancras  East 1906-10

Hugh  took  St  Pancras  Eas< Hugh  was  educated  abroad. He saw  service  in  both  the  British  and  American  armies. He  owned  the  Wine  and  Spirit  Trade  Record  and  wrote for the  African  Review.

In  1907  Hugh  publicly  objected  to  Campbell-Bannerman  giving  a  knighthood  to  a  shipbuilder  and  Liberal  donor  who  had  supplied  a  defective  rudder  to  the  navy. He  wrote to  The  Times  saying  "These  honours  are  bought  and  sold, the  proceeds going  principally  to  the  war  chest  of  the  Party  in  office  at  the  time  these  so-called  honours  are  conferred".

In  1908  Hugh lamented  that  there  were  only  around  six  safe  radical  seats  in  London.                  

Hugh  stood  down  in  January  1910  but  was  elected  a Progressive  councillor  later  that  year.

He  died  in  1926  aged  50.