Constituency : Barnstaple 1892-5, Halifax 1897-1900, North West Staffordshire 1906-07
Alfred took Barnstaple after the retirement of the Liberal Unionist George Pitt-Lewis.
Alfred was a solicitor, originally from Leicester. He lived in Rowton Castle as a tenant of the Conservative peer Baron Rowton but was free to become an active Liberal. He was a Congregationalist. He part owned the Liverpool Daily Post.
Alfred was defeated by a Liberal Unionist in 1895 and failed at the Bradford East by-election in 1896. In 1897 he got back in at a by-election in Halifax. He came third in 1900.
Alfred switched his attentions to Staffordshire where he orchestrated a deal with the unions for the five seats whereby they would provide Lib-Lab candidates for the two most urban seats and they would support non - union Liberals in the other three. He won North West Staffordshire in 1906.
Alfred was knighted just before his death.
He collapsed and died in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1907 aged 68.
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