Sunday, 24 December 2017
1773 Godfrey Palmer
Constituency : Jarrow 1910-22
Godfrey reclaimed Jarrow from Labour's Perer Curran who had won a by-election in 1907 when an Irish Nationalist candidate split the vote. Godfrey won by 67 votes.
Godfrey was the son of the former Jarrow MP Charles Palmer the shipowner. He was educated at Eton and in Paris. Besides his stake in the family business. He was chairman of a chemical company and managing director of a colliery.
Godfrey spoke rarely in Parliament.
Godfrey slightly increased his majority in December with Labour slipping to third place. He received the coupon in 1918 and had a comfortable majority over Labour.
Godfrey served as PPS to Sir Eric Geddes from 1917 to 1920.
Godfrey stood down in 1922.
He died in 1933 aged 54.
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