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,
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