Saturday, 27 August 2016
1307 Archibald Grove
Constituency : West Ham North 1892-5, South Northamptonshire 1906-10
Archibald took West Ham North from the Tories by 33 votes.
Archibald was a captain's son. He was educated at Oxford. In 1889 he became founding editor of the New Review. He set it at a low price to be accessible to all but was later forced to double it. He sold it on in 1894. He fought Winchester in 1886.
Archiald was defeated in 1895. He first contested South Northamptonshire in 1900.
Archibald announced in 1908 he would not stand again due to health problems.
Archibald joined the executive committee of the Anglo-Russian Trade Bureau in 1916.
He died in 1920 aged 64.
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