Saturday, 3 March 2018
1841 Daniel Holmes
Constituency : Glasgow Govan 1911-18
Daniel took over at Glasgow Govan when William Hunter became a judge. The campaign as mainly fought on the National Insurance issue.
Daniel was a steeplejack's son. He was educated at the Universities of London, Geneva and Paris. He worked in academia as an assistant examiner, teacher and lecturer in literature. He published a couple of travel journals. He spent his evenings lecturing at local literary societies. He came from a Scottish Presbyterian background but he himself was an atheist.
Daniel's maiden speech was on the Temperance (Scotland ) Bill which he supported.
In 1918 , Daniel came a very poor third behind Labour and a couponed Conservative.
He died in 1955 aged 92. He was Tony Benn's maternal grandfather.
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