1303 Cecil Norton

Constituency : Newington  West  1892-1916

Cecil  took  Newington  West  from  the  Tories.

Cecil  was  an  Irish  rector's  son. He  served  in  the  army  reaching  the  rank  of  captain.

Cecil  maintained  his  hold  on  the  constituency  by  a  concern  for  labour  questions. In  1901  he  protested  that  the  demolition  of  some  tenement  housing  in  marylebone  meant  some  men  had  to  walk  four  miles  to  work.

Cecil  was  a  whip  from  1905  to  1910  and  Assistant  Postmaster  General  from  1910  to  1916.

Cecil  resigned his  seat  in  1916  on  becoming  Baron  Rathcreedan. He  held  a  minor  post  in  the  Ministry  of  Munitions  and  Supply  from  1919  to  1921.

He  died  in  1930  aged  80.