1687 Nathaniel Micklem

Constituency : Watford  1906-10

Nathaniel  took  Watford  from  the  Tories.

Nathaniel  was  a  solicitor's  son  from  Berkshire. He  was  educated  at  Mill  Hill  School  and  Oxford. He  was  President  of  the  Oxford  Union  in  1878. He  became  a  barrister. He  was  a  Congregationalist.

Nathaniel  was  defeated  in  January  1910  when  the  Tories  described  him  as  a  "Raduical  Socialist". He  failed  to  re-tale  the  seat  in  December.

Nathaniel  retired  in  1924  and  sat  on  the  Royal  Commission  on  Lunacy  and  Mental  Disorder thereafter  becoming  chairman  in  1930.

In  1946  Nathaniel  opposed  the  creation  of  Hemel  Hempstead.

He  died  in  1954  aged  100.