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Albert Ernest Hillary
Albert Ernest Hillary (20 January 1868 – 10 February 1954) was an English chocolate manufacturer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Family Hillary was the son of John Hillary of Dans Castle, Tow Law, County Durham. In 1897 he married Annie Maud Mary Bartleet of Sparkhill. They had one son and a daughter. Annie Hillary died in 1945 but Hillary did not re-marry.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Career By profession Hillary was managing director of Carson’s Ltd. chocolate manufacturers of Glasgow. He also served as a Justice of the Peace.The Times, 13 February 1954 p8 Politics Hillary first stood for Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament for the Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency), Barnard Castle Division of County Durham as a Liberal at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election but came third in a four cornered contest, behind the victorious Labour Party (UK), Labour candidate, John Edmund Swan, and the Conservative Party (UK), Coalition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harwich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Harwich was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its abolition for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election. History The Parliamentary Borough of Harwich had sent two members to the Parliament of England since it was founded in 1604 until 1707, then to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. Under the Reform Act 1867 its representation was reduced to one, and in 1885 the parliamentary borough was abolished and replaced with a division of the County of Essex (later a county constituency) under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. For a long period of time it was known as a "Treasury borough" due to the control the Treasury had over its elections. The constituency was abolished for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
