1686 Julius Bertram

Constituency : Hitchin  1906-10

Julius  took  Hitchin  from  the  Tories  by  76  votes. The  Tories  had  been  unopposed  at  the  last  two  elections.

Julius  was  educated  at  Repton  School  and  Oxford. He  became  a  solicitor  and  practised  in  London. He  wrote  a  pamphlet  on  The  Case  For  Free  Imports.

Julius  was  a  member  of  the  Navy  League. He  also  had  links  with  the  brewery  trade  and  regularly  voted  against  the  government's  licensing  proposals.

Julius  raised  a  number  of  questions  about  the  land  clauses  in  the  People's   Budget. He  then  voted  against  is  Third  Reading.

Julius  was  opposed  to  female  suffrage,  declaring  that  "Taxation  is  not  the  whole  basis  of  representation.The  real  basis  is  manhood - the  ability  to  bear  arms  and  defend  the  country  if  necessary  from  invasion"

Julius  was  a  keen  huntsman  and  organist.

Julius  stood  down  in  January  1910.

He  died  in  1944  aged  77.