Constituency : Great Yarmouth 1922-24, 1929-41 ( from 1931 Liberal National )
Arthur took Great Yarmouth from the Tories in a three-cornered contest. He was an Asquithian.
Arthur was educated at Winchester House School, Great Yarmouth. He was a town councillor and three times mayor.
Arthur's maiden speech called for a lowering of the pensionable age to 65.
Arthur was defeated in 1924 but won the seat back in 1929. He joined the Liberal Nationals and had easy victories over Labour in 1931 and 1935.
Arthur was knighted in 1939.
He died in 1941 aged 75. According to his relatives he was overcome by stress at the bomb damage suffered by the town.
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