Constituency : Accrington 1910-18
Harold took over from Joseph Leese at Accrington.
Harold served as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1912 to 1914.He succeeded Lord Portsmouth who had him blackballed at the Brooks club.
Harold was a noted opponent of female suffrage; the NUWSS plotted with Labour to try and unseat him.
On the outbreak of World War One, Harold was appointed a civilian member of the Army Council.
In 1918 Harold came second to a couponed Conservative. He was pushed into third in 1922.
He died in 1960 aged 83.
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