1568 Alfred King

Constituency : Knutsford 1906-10

Alfred  took  Knutsford  from  the  Tories..

Alfred  was  the  son  of  a  former  mayor  of  Manchester. He  was  educated  at  a  school  in  Scarborough  and  Owen's  College, Manchester. He  owned  a  bleaching  and  finishing  works  at  Bollington. He  represented  the  village  on  Cheshire  County  Council. He  was  a  Quaker.

Alfred  was  a  pacifist  by  inclination  but  defended  the  government  against  the  "economists"  on  naval  disarmament  because  of  the  German  challenge.

Alfred  lost  the  seat  in  January  1910. He  and  his  family  retired  to  Windermere.

He  died  in  1920  aged  61.