Thursday, 2 March 2017

1487 Louis Tillett


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Constituency : Norwich  1904-10

Louis  recaptured  one  of  the  Norwich  seats  for  the  Liberals. He  secured  a  1,820 majority  despite  the  intervention  of  an  ILP  candidate.

Louis  was  the  grandson  of  Jacob  Tillett, a  previous  MP  for  the  constituency. He  became  a  solicitor.

Louis  was  an  infrequent  questioner  in  the  House, many  of  his  enquiries  concerning  the  Volunteers.

In  1906  Louis  ran  in  tandem  with  a  Labour  candidate  and  both  were  elected, Louis  coming  second  in  the  poll.

Louis  stood  down  in  January  1910.

In  1912  Louis  rescued  a  pregnant  lady  from  floods  in  Norwich.

He   died  in  1929  aged  64.

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