Tuesday, 30 May 2017

1573 Harry Nuttall




Constituency : Stretford  1906-18

Harry  took  Stretford  from  the  Tories.

Harry  was  a  Mancunian  who  studied  at  Owens  College. He  was  an  import  and  export  merchant. He  was  President  of  the  Manchester  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1905. He  stood  for  Stretford  in  1900.

Harry  was  opposed  to  Britain's  entry  into  World  War  One , writing "If  we  are  drawn  into  war it  will  be  a  disgraceful  failure  of  British  statecraft".

Harry  stood  down  in  1918.

He  died  in  1924  aged  75.

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