Sunday, 16 September 2018
2030 Sydney Jones
Constituency : Liverpool West Derby 1923-4
Sydney took Liverpool West Derby from the Tories in the absence of a Labour candidate.
Sydney was the son of a Liverpool shipowner. He was educated at Charterhouse and Oxford. He was a prominent Unitarian. He went into his father's business. He became a Liverpool city councillor in 1908. He held positions at Liverpool University and was a generous benefactor.
Sydney never spoke in Parliament.
Sydney fell to third when Labour intervened in 1924.
Sydney was knighted in 1937. He was a member of the Liverpool Emergency Committee during World War Two and set up the Air Raid Distress Fund.
In 1945, Sydney was seriously injured by burglars at his home in Sefton Park.
Sydney was unmarried and left the University a considerable bequest when he died in 1947 aged 75.
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