1232 Arthur Brand

Constituency  :  Wisbech  1891-5, 1900-06

Arthur  recaptured  Wisbech  from  the  Tories.

Arthur  was  the  son  of  Viscount  Hampden, the  former  Liberal  Chief  Whip  and  brother  of Henry  Brand,  formerly  MP  for  Stroud.

Arthur  was  Treasurer  of  the  Household  in  Rosebery's  administration.

Arthur  was  defeated  in  1895  but   regained  the  seat  in  1900. He  stood  down  in  1906. All  his contests  were  very  tight  including  the  1894  by-election  to  take  up  his  government  post.

In  1902  Arthur  got  a  bee in  his  bonnet  about  Anglican  churches  becoming  too  Catholic  in their  practices  and  not  sticking  to  the  Prayer  Book. His  call  for  legislation  on  the  matter  was brushed  off  by  Balfour.

He  died  in  1917  aged  63.