Wednesday, 26 September 2018
2040 Sir Robert Kay
Constituency : Elland 1923-4
Sir Robert took Elland from Labour at the second attempt, helped by the Conservatives' withdrawal.
Robert was a solicitor who founded a firm in York in 1893. He was a prominent Methodist who was a member of the Methodist Conference and funded a chapel in Acomb. He chaired the local recruiting committee in World War One in 1920. He stood for the National Liberals in 1922 coming a close second.He was a York city councillor and sat on the housing committee.
Robert went missing in a vote on the King's Speech in 1924. His parliamentary interventions were mostly on housing.
In 1924, Robert became Lord Mayor of York and lived at Mansion House which was next door to his firm's offices. It didn't help him in the election when he was pushed into third as Labour re-took the seat.
He became a governor of Elmfield College only to close it down and sell off the estate as building plots. He did the same at Hollybank where the streets are named after his descendants.
He died in 1947 aged 77.
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