1293 Clement Higgins

Constituency : Mid  Norfolk   1892-5  ( from  1895  Liberal  Unionist )

Clement  unseated  the  Liberal  Unionist  Robert  Gurdon.

Clement  was  an  architect's  son . He  was  educated  at  Cambridge  and  became  a barrister.

Clement  supported  disestablishment  of  the  church.

Clement  never  spoke  in  Parliament.

In  March  1895  Clement  declared  himself  a  Liberal  Unionist  after  the  Queen's  Speech. The  local  Liberal  Association  thanked  him  for  past  services  and  invited  him  to  sit  until  the  next  general  election, hoping  to  avoid  a  by-election. At  Chamberlain's  urging, Clement  did  not  comply  and  Gurdon  got  back  in.

He  died  in  1916  aged  72.