Friday, 22 September 2017

1685 Arthur Lever



Constituency : Harwich  1906-10, Hackney  Central  1923-24

Arthur  took  Harwich  from  the  Tories.

Arthur   was  the   son  of  a  clothing  manufacturer  and   brother  of  the  Loughborough  MP   Maurice  Levy. He was  educated  at  University  College  School. He  joined  the  army and  reached  the  rank  of  Major.

Arthur  sat  on  the  Royal  Commission  on  Coastal  Erosion  and  Afforestation.

Arthur  lost  his  seat  in  January  1910. He  switched  to  Wolverhampton  South  in  December  but  was  narrowly  defeated.

Arthur  was  created  a  baronet  in  1911.

Arthur   was  re-commissioned  in  1914  and  reached  the  rank  of  Colonel.

In  1922  Arthur  contested  the  vacant  seat  of  Hackney  Central  ( contested  by  his  father  in  1900 )  previously  held  by  a  Lloyd  George  Liberal. Arthur  stood  for  the  National  Liberals  against  Thomas  McKinnon  Wood  for  the  Asquithians  and  won  by  2.970  votes  in  the  absence  of  a  Tory  candidate.

Arthur  stood  down  in  1923.

He  died  in  1924  aged  63.

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