Friday, 12 October 2018
2056 Henry Hogbin
Constituency : Battersea North 1923-24
Henry took Battersea North from the Communist Shapurji Saklatvala at the second attempt. He had the support of the local Conservatives in a rowdy campaign in which he had to contact the police about disruption of his meetings..
Henry was the son of a schoolmaster. He was educated privately and was a fertiliser manufacturer. He worked for the Ministry of Food during World War One. He was selected for the National Liberals in 1922 to succeed Richard Morris but lost to the Communist by more votes than the Asquithian spoiler.
Henry voted to keep Baldwin in in 1924 and generally sided with the Tories , mindful of the position in his constituency.
In 1924, Henry stood as a Constitutionalist. The campaign was again marred by violence and Henry was injured by a stone thrown into his car. He was defeated by the Communist by 542 votes.
In 1926 Henry decided to join the Conservatives following a Liberal Land Conference. He wrote to Asquith saying he no longer felt the party was an effective challenger to "the pernicious doctrine" of socialism. I 1927 he was selected by the Tories to fight Stourbridge in a by-election but failed to hold the seat against Labour.
Henry was a keen golfer and founded the Magistrates' Golfing Society in 1938.
He died in 1966 aged 85.
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