Wednesday, 29 November 2017
1748 Walter Roch
Constituency : Pembrokeshire 1908-18
Walter took over at Pembrokeshire when John Phillips was elevated to a peerage. Again the suffragettes tried to block his election.
Walter was a landowner and barrister. He was the grandson of former Carmarthenshire MP Walter Powell. He was educated at Twyford and Harrow.
Walter was a committed supporter of female suffrage despite his experiences in the by-election and worked on the cross-party Conciliation Committee.
Walter was one of the leaders of a Welsh revolt against the threat to withdraw the Disestablishment Bill of 1909.
Walter was appointed to the Dardanelles Commission in 1916. He published a Minority Report which was considerably more critical of Churchill than the official version.
Walter stayed loyal to Asquith.
Walter stood down in 1918.
In 1920 Walter published Mr Lloyd George and the War.
Walter retired in 1940 and lived quietly on his estates.
He died in 1965 aged 85.
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