Tuesday, 31 October 2017
1719 Thomas Dobson
Constituency : Plymouth 1906-10
Thomas was one of two Liberal victors at Plymouth, coming top of the poll.
Thomas was a coal merchant.
Thomas introduced a Daylight Saving Bill in 1909.
Thomas stood down in January 1910.
He died in 1935 aged 81.
Monday, 30 October 2017
1718 Sir George Kekewich
Constituency : Exeter 1906-10
George took Exeter from the Tories.
George was the son of a Tory MP. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He became a civil servant in the Education Department.He was knighted in 1895 and retired in 1903.
George's parliamentary contributions were mainly about education or civil service matters.
George stood down in January 1910.
He died in 1921 aged 80.
Thursday, 26 October 2017
1717 Thomas Scarisbrick
Constituency : Dorset South 1906-10
Thomas took Dorset South from the Tories.
Thomas was the son of a former mayor of Southport and held the position himself from 1902 to 1903.
Thomas asked a handful of questions in Parliament.
Thomas was defeated in January 1910 and didn't stand in December.
He died in 1933 aged 59.
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
1716 Francis Rogers
Constituency : Devizes 1906-10
Francis took Devizes from the Tories.
Francis was a landowner and farmer in Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He was a Witshire county councillor. He stood for Devizes in 1900.
Francis's maiden speech called for the extension of small holdings using Crown land.
Francis was defeated in January 1910. He contested Salisbury in December.
Francis was appointed a Commissioner of the Board of Agriculture in 1911.
He died in 1925 aged 56.
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
1715 John Massie
Constituency : Cricklade 1906-10
John took over from Edmond Fitzmaurice at Cricklade.
John was an Oxford academic . He was a councillor then aldreman on Leamington Borough Council. From 1894 he sat on the executive of the National Liberal Federation and was Treasurer of the party from 1903 to 1906. He supported disestablishment of the church and was President of the Liberation Society, advocating passive resistance to paying the local education rate.
Most of John's parliamentary questions were on the education issue.
John opposed female suffrage and in 1908 formed the Men's League for Opposing Women's Suffrage .His wife Edith was vice-chair of a women's anti-suffrage organisation.
In January 1910 John was defeated by the Liberal Unionist Thomas Calley.
After his defeat John was re-elected to the NLF executive and served until his death.
He died in 1925 aged 82.
Monday, 23 October 2017
1714 Clifford Cory
Constituency : St Ives 1906-22, 1923-4
Clifford took over from Edward Hain at St Ives.
Clifford was the son of a Welsh coal broker and philanthropist. He was educated privately. He went into the coal trade himelf. He was chairman of Cory Brothers Limited and represented the coal owners on various regional bodies. He was a nonconformist and in 1898 was chairman of the fiercely anti-Catholic Welsh Protestant League.. He was elected to Glamorgan County Council in 1892. He contested South Monmouthshire in 1895 and Tonbridge in 1900.
In 1906 Clifford expressed dissatisfaction with the Workmen's Compensation Bill
Clifford was created a baronet in 1907.
Clifford was a temperance advocate.
Clifford was implacably opposed to Home Rule and made the fact known to his constituents which probably helped him fend off the Liberal Unionist challenge in his constituency. in 1911 supported an amendment to the Parliament Act which would have exempted any home rule bill from its terms. He opposed the 1912 bill all the way. He presided over an anti-Home Rule meeting in 1914
It's not clear whether Clifford actually received the coupon but he did not face an official Unionist candidate in 1918 and got back in easily.
Clifford was defeated in 1922. He regained the seat in 1923 but lost it again in 1924. He went missing during the debate on the King's Speech in 1924.
Clifford helped found the British Federation of Health and Holiday Resorts. He was also interested in animal welfare and opposed vivisection.
Clifford was interested in music and a keen polo player.
He died in 1941 aged 41.
Sunday, 22 October 2017
1713 Albert Dunn
Constituency : Camborne 1906-10
Albert took over at Camborne from Sir Wilfrid Lawson who had returned to Cumbria. He thought he owed his election to campaigning on the Chinese labour issue.
Albert was educated at Hallam Hall College, Somerset. He became a solicitor in London. He was a councillor on Exeter City Council. He stood for Exeter in 1892. He was Mayor of the city from 1900 to 1902. He was a Congregationalist.
Albert increased his majority in January 1910 but decided not to contest the December election.
Albert raised a company of soldiers from the West Country on the outbreak of war in 1914.
By 1918 Albert had switched his allegiance to Labour and stood at St Ives where he came second to the Liberal incumbent Clifford Cory. He stood there again in 1923 coming third.
He died in 1937 aged 72.
Saturday, 21 October 2017
1712 George Morgan
Constituency : Truro 1906-18
George defeated the Liberal Unionist Edwin Durning-Lawrence by 504 votes.
George was born in Hay-on-Wye. He was educated at Pontypool College and University College, London. He became a barrister. He was a member of Cymru Fydd. He was an active Baptist . He stood for Tottenham in 1900.
George became a whip in the Commons.
In January 1910 George increased his majority over Durning-Lawrence and held off a Conservative in December.
When Truro was abolished in 1918 George switched to Ipswich but the coupon was given to a Conservative and he came a poor third. Despite this he remained a Lloyd George supporter. In 1920 he contested the Abertillery by-election as a Coalition Liberal but was well beaten by Labour. In 1922 he contested Penryn and Falmouth but came fourth with less than 8 % of the vote.His last contest was Salford West in 1923 where he came a respectable third.
He died in 1931 aged 64.
Friday, 20 October 2017
1711 Athelstan Rendall
Constituency : Thornbury 1906-22, 1923-4
Athelstan took Thornbury from the Tories.
Athelstan was from Dorset. He was educated at University College School. He started work as a journalist then became a solicitor. He was a member of both the Cobden Club and the Fabian Society.
Athelstan was interested in divorce reform and introduced legislation allowing a widow to marry her deceased husband's brother. He was on a select committee looking at debtors' imprisonment. He supported proportional representation.
Athelstan had the coupon in 1918 and triumphed over a National Party candidate. By 1920 he had become disillusioned with the coalition and wrote to his local association decrying the waste of British lives on Mesopotamia and wasteful expenditure at home. He went and sat with the Asquithians. He was a member of the group of left wing Liberals led by Josiah Wedgwood.
.In 1922 Labour stood a candidate and Athelstan lost by 104 votes to the Tory. In 1923 Labour withdrew and Athelstan had a huge victory. In 1924 Labour came back and Athelstan was defeated once more.
In 1925 Athelstan joined Labour but he never stood for them. He went back to the law and became a partner in a legal firm.
He died in 1948 aged 76.
Thursday, 19 October 2017
1710 George Marks
Constituency : Launceston 1906-18 , Cornwall North 1918-24
George took over from Sir John Moulton at Launceston.
George was privately educated then became an apprentice engineer at the Royal Aresnal, Woolwich. He went to UNiversity College, London on a scholarship. He then joined a company that made funicular lifts . In 1880 he set up in private practice in Birmingham then in 1887 set up an intellectual property firm in partnership with Dugald Clerk. He lectured in steam and mechanical engineeering at Birmingham Institute. He stayed in both business areas and in 1911 set up a New York office with Thomas Edison.
George was a leading parliamentary authority on patents.
George was knighted in 1911.
George served in the Ministry of Munitions during the war. He visited the trenches in 1915 . He was also a commissioner for the dilution of Labour in 1917.
George was unopposed as a Coalition Liberal in 1918 and 1922 and easily held off a Conservative challenge in 1923. He was defeated in 1924.
In 1929 George defected to Labour and was almost immediately raised to the peerage as Baron Marks.
George was chair of two of the gramophone companies that merged to form EMI in 1931.
He died in 1938 aged 80.
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
1709 Richard Essex
Constituency : Cirencester 1906-10, Stafford 1910-18
Richard took over from the Tories at Cirencester.
Richard was a wallpaper printing manufacturer from London. He stood for Lambeth in 1900.
Richard was defeated in January 1910. He switched to Stafford in December and returned to the Commons.
Richard was knighted in 1913.
In 1918 Richard stood for Burslem and came a poor third behind Labour and a couponed Conservative.
He died in 1941 aged 84.
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
1708 Arthur Allen
Constituency : Christchurch 1906-10, Dunbartonshire 1910-18
Arthur took Christchurch from the Tories.
Arthur was born in Prestwich , Lancashire. He was the son of Peter Allen, part-owner of The Manchester Guardian. His brother Charles was MP for Stroud. He was educated at Rugby and Oxford. He was a barrister.He stood for Thornbury in 18965 and Dorset East in 1900. He was a Progressive councillor on the L.C. C. from 1899 to 1913 and Deputy Chairman from 1908 to 1909.
Arthur raised a number of questions about the opium trade.
Arthur was defeated by an ardent Protectionist in January 1910 and switched to the Scottish seat of Dunbartonshire in December.
Arthur served on an Advisory Committee for winding up enemy businesses in 1916.
Arthur did not receive the coupon in 1918 and came a poor third behind a couponed Conservative and Labour.
Arthur was an art collector with a passion for Turner.
He died in 1939 aged 70.
Monday, 16 October 2017
1707 John Sears
Constituency : Cheltenham 1906-10
John took Cheltenham from the Tories.
John was the son of a Baptist minister and became a teacher and librarian in the church himself. He was educated privately and then articled to a firm of architects. He studied architecture at University College, London. He qualified as an architect in 1880 and acted as editor of the annual Architects Annual Compendium and Catalogue. In 1901, he became a Progressive councillor on the L.C.C. He was a strong temperance advocate.
John had a particular interest in taxation.
John stood down in January 1910 " for family and personal reasons".
At some point John joined the Labour party and contested St Pancras for them in 1935.
He died in 1941 aged 83.
Sunday, 15 October 2017
1706 William Davies
Constituency : Bristol South 1906-22
William took Bristol South from the Tories at the second attempt.
William was privately educated in Pembrokeshire and became a leather merchant. owning a large tannery. He was a Wesleyan Methodist. He was director of a temperance organisation. He was an alderman on Bristol City Council and some time President of the Chamber of Commerce. He was Mayor in 1895. He oversaw an expansion of Bristol's docks.
William was knighted in 1908.
William questioned Churchill as Home Secretary about the showing of boxing films in cinemas.
William held on to the seat narrowly in the 1910 elections.
William received the coupon in 1918 and easily defeated a Labour opponent.
William stood down in 1922 but continued o represent the South West on the National Liberal Council.
He died in 1932 aged 80.
Friday, 13 October 2017
1705 Henry Montgomery
Constituency : Bridgwater 1906-10
Henry took Bridgwater , from the Tories by 17 votes. The Liberals had not bothered to contest it at the previous two elections.
Henry was privately educated. He was a brickmaker. In 1892 he founded The British Clayworker. He organised a number of exhibitions for the brick and mining industries. He also acrted as private secretary to a number of politicians.
The Chief Whip Jack Pease described Henry as "a decent man" but a lightweight. He stuck to local issues in Parliament.
Henry stood down in January 1910.
He died in 1951 aged 88,
1704 Thomas Agar-Robartes
Constituency : Bodmin 1906, St Austell 1908-15
Thomas took over at Bodmin defeating the Liberal Unionist candidate HB Grylls ( replacing Sir Lewis Molesworth who had gone back to the Liberals.
Thomas was the son and heir of Viscount Clifden, a former Cornwall MP. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and played in their polo team. He joined the Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry in 1902. He was a close supporter of Rosebery and shared his opposition to Home Rule. He was a keen huntsman. He travelled widely.
Thomas's election was disputed by his opponent who accused him of making illegal payments and treating including a garden party at his home.. The election was re-run without Thomas being able to stand. He introduced a Land Tenutre Bill before his disqualification.
Thomas was returned unopposed for St Austell in 1908. He was regarded as one of the best-dressed men in Parliament with a penchant for violets in his buttonhole. He disliked the Peoples' Budget and voted against it and in 1912 moved an amendment to exclude four counties from the 1912 Home Rule Bill . He turned down a whip's position in 1909 to maintain his independence.
Thomas was noted for a sharp wit but also an impulsiveness that often got him into trouble.
In World War One Thomas was a captain in the Coldstream Guards. He wrote a letter to his local party giving the address as "A dirty ditch somewhere in France".He was hit by a sniper during the Battle of Loos after rescuing a wounded colleague and died two days later. He was 35.
Thursday, 12 October 2017
1703 George Gooch
Constituency : Bath 1906-10
George was the other Liberal victor at Bath.
George was a banker's son from London. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge where he had the patronage of Lord Acton.
George supported female suffrage. He was concerned at Turkish actions in Macedonia and Armenia and asked a number of questions about them. He also introduced a bill to ban barmaids on the grounds they were an extra inducement to enter public houses.
George was defeated, along with Donald Maclean in 1910. Unlike Maclean, he stayed put in December but could not regain the seat, the numbers staying very similar. He stood at the Reading by-election in 1913.
In 1911 George became editor of the Contemporary Review. During the war he was active in the Union of Democratic Control.
From 1922 to 1925 George was President of the Historical Association. He was President of the National Peace Council from 1933 to 1936. In the latter year he was elected to the Liberal Party Council.
From 1898 onwards , George published a series of historical works mainly about diplomatic history despite never holding an academic post. His work has been criticised as too pro-German.
George is the third of our MPs to survive into my lifetime, dying in 1968 aged 94.
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
1702 Donald Maclean
Constituency : Bath 1906-10, Peebles and Selkirk 1910-18, Peebles and Southern Midlothian 1918-22, North Cornwall 1929-32
Donald was one of two Liberal victors at Bath replacing a Tory and the Liberal Unionist Edmond Wodehouse who'd stepped down.
Donald was the son of a Scottish cordwainer although he was born in Lancashire. He became a solicitor. He was a strong supporter of the NSPCC. He was a Presbyterian. He stood for Bath in 1900.
Donald supported female suffrage.
Donald was narrowly defeated in January 1910 but got back in for Peebles and Selkirk in December.
Donald was a Deputy Speaker from 1911 to 1918. In 1916 he became chair of the Treasury Committee on enemy debts and the London Military Appeals Tribunal.
Donald was knighted in 1917.
Although Donald did not support Lloyd George he did not face a couponed candidate in 1918 and comfortably held off Labour in the new seat of Peebles and Southern Midlothian. He called for a trial of the Kaiser an heavy reparations.
When the depleted band of Aquithian Liberals met after the election, Donald was elected leader of the parliamentary party after hints from Asquith. He possibly only took the role to preserve Asquith's position.. He was officially the Leader of the Opposition because the Labour MPs did not have a leader and Sinn Fein stayed away. He was not a colourful personality but made a decent fist of the role. He supported the government line on peace He was criticised for a lack of attack on Chamberlain's autumn statement in 1919. He expressed doubts about Hugh Cecil's centrist schemes.
In 1920 Donald declared war on the Coalition Liberals after a fractious assembly at Leamington. He pledged support for any independent Liberal challenge to a coalitionist at constituency level.
When Asquith returned to the Commons in 1920 Donald stood down. He opposed Asquith's Irish policy.
A Unionist stood in 1922 and Donald fell to third place with Labour taking the seat.
Donald lost at Kilmarnock in 1923 ad Cardiff East in 1924. As President of the National Liberal Federation from 1923 to 1926, he negotiated with Lloyd George over use of his political Fund.
Donald eventually returned for North Cornwall in 1929 unseating the Tory MP despite declining an offer of financial help from Lloyd George. . He voted for the King's Speech in 1930. He held it narrowly in 1931 with the Tories refusing to give him a free run.
When the National Government was formed, MacDonald appointed Donald President of the Board of Education. He joined the Cabinet after the general election and was one of the dissenting voices on protection. He died less than a year later from cardiovascular disease. His son was the notorious traitor of the same name.
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
1701 Thomas Herbert
Constituency : Wycombe 1906-10
Thomas took Wycombe from the Tories.
Thomas was the son of a philosophy professor. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester and Cambridge. He won legal prizes and became a barrister.
Thomas just asked a few questions in 1909.
Thomas was easily defeated in January 1910 and didn't stand again.
He died in 191940 aged 77.
Monday, 9 October 2017
1700 William Ward
Constituency : Southampton 1906-22
William was the other Liberal victor at Southampton.
William was a nephew of the Earl of Dudley. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He competed in three Boat Races. He won trophies at Henley Royal Regatta and competed in the 1908 Olympics. He became a barrister.
William rarely spoke in the Commons.
William was appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1909 and held the post until 1912.
In World War One, William was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked in naval intelligence.
William allied himself with Lloyd George and was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1917 to 1922.
William came sixth in 1922.
In later life William divided his time between Britain and Canada and died in Calgary after an operation in 1946 aged 69
Sunday, 8 October 2017
1699 Ivor Philipps
Constituency : Southampton 1906-22
Ivor was one of two Liberal victors in Southampton replacing a Tory and the Liberal Unionist John Simeon who had stepped down.
Ivor was the younger brother of the Pembrokeshire MP John Philipps. He was educated at Felstead School then joined the army. He served in India from 1883 to 1900 reaching the rank of Major then served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and won the DSO, He retired in 1903 and joined the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry. Ivor also had a business career and was chairman of the Baku Russian Petroleum Company among others .
Ivor served in the War Office at the start of World War One then was promoted to Brigadier-General. He returned to England for a year to serve as parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions then went back to France as a Major-General with Lloyd George's patronage and the latter's son Gwilym as his aide-de-camp. Lloyd George was pushing the idea of an entirely Welsh division. He survived the Battle of the Somme, partly because he was relieved of his command for supposed lack of "push ". One staff officer described him as "ignorant, lacked experience and failed to inspire confidence".
Ivor received the coupon in 1918 and topped the poll by some margin in the election.
Ivor was appointed to the reunion committee at the meeting convened by George Lambert.
However he came fifth in 1922 and never stood again. He rejoiced at the Liberals' defeat under Lloyd George in 1929
Ivor devoted the rest of his life to business and rapidly improved the fortunes of Schweppes of which he was chairman. He also developed Ilford, a firm that manufactured photographic equipment.
Ivor was also an alderman and some time chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council.
Ivor was a tall man of striking appearance.
He died in 1940 aged 78.
Saturday, 7 October 2017
1698 Ernest Lamb
Constituency : Rochester 1906-10, 1910-18
Ernest took Rochester from the Tories.
Ernest was from Yorkshire and was part of a family firm of transport contractors. He was educated at Dulwich College and Wycliffe College. He became an electrical engineer. He specialised in telephony, forming the New System Private Telephony Company. He was elected to the common council of the City of London. He was a Methodist lay preacher.
Ernest was defeated in January 1910 but regained the seat in December.
Ernest was knighted in 1914.
Ernest was apparently the first MP to attest under the Derby Scheme in World War One. Nonetheless he voted against conscription in the Commons.
In 1929 Ernest switched to the Labour Party, Two years later he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Rochester. He supported Ramsay McDonald's actions that year and helped him found the National Labour Organisation after their expulsion. He was appointed Paymaster-General in the new government. He also represented the Ministry of Labour in the Lords.
Like Ernest Bennett, Ernest was dropped from the government after the 1935 election. He played little part in politics thereafter, devoting himself to philanthropy and religion. He was elected vice president of the Methodist Conference in 1941 and was on the board of the National Children's Home.
He died in 1955 aged 78.
Friday, 6 October 2017
1697 Harry Brodie
Constituency : Reigate 1906-10
Harry took Reigate from the Tories.
Harry was born in Canada although his father was from Sussex. He was educated at Winchester School. He was a partner in a firm of colonial merchants. He also had interests in brewing and insurance. He was a Major in the Middlesex Yeomanry. He was on the council of the London Chamber of Commerce.
In 1907, Harry expressed frustration that the soldier MPs in the House had not got together to discuss Haldane's Territorial and Reserve Forces Bill.
Harry was easily defeated in January 1910 and didn't stand again.
In World War One Harry served in Egypt and then France.
He died in 1956 aged 81,
Thursday, 5 October 2017
1696 Philip Morrell
Constituency : Henley 1906-10, Burnley 1910-18
Philip took Henley from the Tories to become the only non-Tory Mp in the constituency's history..
Philip was a solicitor's son from Oxford. His family were successful brewers. He was educated at Eton and Oxford where he suffered a nervous breakdown. He was the half-brother-in-law of the Duke of Portland. He became a solicitor himself. Through his wife he became a member of the Bloomsbury Set.
Philip was a Radical, aligned with Lloyd George. In 1907 he spoke against British policy in Persia. He was a champion of improving factory conditions.
Philip was defeated in January 1910 and switched to Burnley in December. He regained the seat for the Liberals by 173 votes.
When World War One broke out Philip, a staunch pacifist, helped found the Union of Democratic Control. He persevered amid great heckling and got the Speaker to agree to a debate on Britain's entry into the war in August 1914. He purchased Garsington Manor and it became a refuge for conscientous objectors who worked on the estate.
Philip saw little chance of being re-elected in 1918 and stood down.
Philip had an open marriage and fathered a number of illegitimate children.
He died in 1943 aged 72.
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
1695 Ernest Bennett
Constituency : Woodstock 1906-10, Cardiff Central 1929-45 ( Labour then National Labour )
Ernest took Woodstock from the Tories.
Ernest was born in Sri Lanka, the son of an Anglican clergyman and school master. He was educated at Durham School and Oxford. He became a lecturer in theology. Ernest was also a traveller and became a war correspondent reporting on the Cretan insurrection in 1897. He was captured by the Greeks and released when a Greek officer recognised him from Oxford. He later reported on the battle of Omdurman where his allegations of atrocities against wounded Dervishes caused controversy. He served in the Voluntary Ambulance Corps at the start of the Boer War. He later switched to becoming the lieutenant in charge of a platoon of Oxford University volunteers.
Ernest was an enthusiast for women's suffrage and tried to recruit Churchill to the cause.
Ernest was defeated in January 1910 and failed to regain the seat in December.
Ernest served as a Red Cross Commissioner when World War One broke out and served in Serbia, helping to bring a typhus epidemic under control. After the Serbian front collapsed Ernest served in a number of staff roles up to 1919.
In 1916 Ernest became one of the first Liberals to defect to Labour. He failed to be elected as a Labour candidate in a number of contests until he finally secured Cardiff Central in 1929. Ernest had long been close to McDonald and Snowden through his opposition to the Versailles Treaty ( influenced by his marriage to a German woman ). He was one of the handful of Labour MPs who supported the National Government and had an easy victory in the 1931 election when the Conservatives withdrew.
Ernest was given the junior ministerial post of Assistant Postmaster-General. He held it until the 1935 election when he was comfortably returned with a reduced majority. He lost his post in Baldwin's re-shuffle and returned to the backbenches. Ernest was a strong supporter of the appeasement policy and a member of the Anglo-German Fellowship. He was also listed as a member of the interned anti-semitic MP, Archibald Ramsay's "Right Club" of MPs who shared his opinions although Ernest is on record as speaking against anti-Jewish persecutions in Germany.
Ernest was interested in ghosts and conducted experiments in haunted houses although his scientific mind meant he always acknowledged their failure.
Ernest stood down in 1945. He died two years later aged 81. His son Frederic was a Conservative MP for Torquay.
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
1694 Harry Manfield
Constituency : Mid-Northamptonshire 1906-18
Harry took over from Charles Spencer at Mid-Northamptonshire.
Harry was the son of the former Northampton MP and prominent shoemaker Moses Manfield. He was a partner in his father's business. He was a prominent Freemason.
Harry only spoke twice in the Commons, a speech pointing out the deficiencies of the Feeble Minded Persons ( Control ) Bill in 1912 and a question about the army's gas chamber practice in 1916.
He died in 1923 aged 68.
Monday, 2 October 2017
1693 George Nicholls
Constituency : North Northamptonshire 1906-10
George took North Northamptonshire from the Tories as a Liberal-Labour candidate.
George started life as an agricultural labourer and smallholder. He became a pastor at an Evangelical Congregational Church in 1894. He was employed by the Eastern Counties Liberal Association as a speaker. He was an advanced Radical but still essentially a Gladstonian.
Not long after his election, George became the first president of the National Union of Agricultural Workers. His parliamentary contributions were mainly on land tenure; he supported the Land Tenure Bill of 1906 but felt it did not go far enough.
In January 1910 George was defeated by the Conservatives. He stood for Faversham in December 1910 and Newmarket in a by-election in 1913.
George was elected to Peterborough town council in 1912 and was mayor from 1916 to 1918.
By 1918, George had switched to Labour and tried to unseat the Liberal Francis Acland at Camborne where neither candidate had the coupon. By 1922, he had returned to the Liberal fold and contested Peterborough where he came third. In 1923 he contested Warwick and Leamington where he came second to Anthony Eden as he did in 1924, the withdrawal of a Labour candidate not doing him much good. In 1925 he contested a by-election at Bury St Edmunds where Walter Giunness the Minister of Agriculture had to re-contest the seat but made little impression on the majority. His final contest was at Harborough in 1929 where he came third.
He died in 1943 aged 79.
Sunday, 1 October 2017
1692 Robert Hobart
Constituency : New Forest 1906-10
Robert took New Forest from the Tories at the second attempt, having come very close to taking it in a by-election in 1905. His own victory was narrow, only 48 votes.
Robert was a cousin of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. He was almost 70 at the time of his election and had been a civil servant at the War Office for 40 years. He helped prepare Edward VII's coronation. He was the Official Verderer of the New Forest.
Robert's parliamentary contributions were mainly on military matters.
Robert was soundly defeated in January 1910 and the seat went uncontested in December.
Robert was created a baronet in 1914.
He died in 1928 aged 91.
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