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Austin Hopkinson
Austin Hopkinson JP (24 June 1879 – 2 September 1962) was a British industrialist and Member of Parliament (MP) who represented Mossley as an Independent from 1918 to 1929 and 1931 to 1945. He was also a noted benefactor to local causes, and a strong believer in ''noblesse oblige''. Early life Alfred Augustine Hopkinson was born in Manchester on 24 June 1879 the son of Sir Alfred Hopkinson KC who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester from 1900 to 1913 and also served as Member of Parliament for Cricklade in the 1890s and for Combined English Universities in the 1920s. Although sharing the academic approach of his father, he applied his experience more directly to the problems of industry rather than taking up posts in the universities. He became a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire. In 1900 Hopkinson enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry and served in the Second Boer War as a lieutenant. On his return he founded a company, Pikrose (which bore the Audenshaw coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 and 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a Vacancy (eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audenshaw
Audenshaw is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Lancashire, in United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 it had a population of 11,419. The name derives from Aldwin, a Saxons, Saxon personal name, and the Old English suffix ''shagh'' meaning "Woodland". Nico Ditch, an Early Middle Ages, early-medieval linear earthwork possibly built as a defensive barrier against Vikings, runs through the area. Medieval Audenshaw was a division of the Township (England), township of Ashton-under-Lyne, Ashton in the county of Lancashire. Audenshaw expanded as a centre for textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era with inhabitants employed in hat-making, cotton-spinning, calico-printing, and silk-weaving. In 1974, Audenshaw Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), Urban District became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. History The name Audenshaw is a corruption of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Dyer
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was an officer of the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began serving briefly in the regular British Army before transferring to serve with the Presidency armies of India. As a temporary brigadier-general, he was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar (in the province of Punjab). He has been called "the Butcher of Amritsar", because of his order to fire on a peaceful crowd. The official report stated that this resulted in the killing of at least 379 people and the injuring of over a thousand more. Some submissions to the official inquiry suggested a higher number of deaths. Subsequently, Dyer was removed from duty and widely condemned both in Britain and India, but he became a celebrated hero among some with connections to the British Raj. Some historians argue the episode was a decisive step towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-operative Party
The Co-operative Party is a Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom, supporting Cooperative, co-operative values and principles. Established in 1917, the Co-operative Party was founded by co-operative societies to campaign politically for the fairer treatment of co-operative enterprise and to elect 'co-operators' to Parliament. The party's roots lie in the Parliamentary Committee of the Co-operatives UK, Co-operative Union established in 1881. Since 1927, the Co-operative Party has had an electoral pact with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, with both parties agreeing not to stand candidates against each other. Instead, candidates selected by members of both parties contest elections using the description of Labour and Co-operative, Labour and Co-operative Party. The Co-operative Party is a legally separate entity from the Labour Party, and is registered as a political party with the Electoral Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalition Government 1916-1922
Liberal David Lloyd George formed a coalition government in the United Kingdom in December 1916, and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by George V, King George V. It replaced the Asquith coalition ministry, earlier wartime coalition under H. H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for losses during the Great War. Those Liberal Party (UK), Liberals who continued to support Asquith served as the Official Opposition (United Kingdom), Official Opposition. The government continued in power after the end of the war in 1918, though Lloyd George was increasingly reliant on the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives for support. After several scandals including allegations of the sale of British honours system, honours, the Conservatives withdrew their support after a Carlton Club meeting, meeting at the Carlton Club in 1922, and Bonar Law formed a government. Cabinets War Cabinet, December 1916 – January 1919 * George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during the First World War, social reform policies including the National Insurance Act 1911, his role in the Paris Peace Conference, and negotiating the establishment of the Irish Free State. Early in his career, he was known for the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and support of Welsh devolution. He was the last Liberal Party prime minister; the party fell into third party status shortly after the end of his premiership. Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, to Welsh parents. From around three months of age he was raised in Pembrokeshire and Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, speaking Welsh. His father, a schoolmaster, died in 1864, and David was raised by his mother and her shoemake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 1918 Prestwich By-election
The Prestwich by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Prestwich on 28 October 1918. The seat had become vacant upon the death in action near Merville of the sitting Liberal MP, the Hon. Captain Oswald Cawley. Cawley had only held the seat since being election in a by-election in January of that year. The Liberal candidate, Austin Hopkinson, was returned unopposed in support of the Coalition government of prime minister David Lloyd George.''The Times'', 29 October 1918 & ''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 References See also * January 1918 Prestwich by-election * List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) {{By-elections to the 30th UK Parliament Prestwich Prestwich 1910s in Lancashire Prestwich 1918-10 Prestwich 1918-10 Prestwich 1918-10 Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation) Prestwich Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestine (region)
Palestine ( el, Παλαιστίνη, ; la, Palaestina; ar, فلسطين, , , ; he, פלשתינה, ) is a geographic region in Western Asia. It is usually considered to include Israel and the State of Palestine (i.e. West Bank and Gaza Strip), though some definitions also include part of northwestern Jordan. The first written records to attest the name of the region were those of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt, which used the term "Peleset" in reference to the neighboring people or land. In the 8th century, Assyrian inscriptions refer to the region of "Palashtu" or "Pilistu". In the Hellenistic period, these names were carried over into Greek, appearing in the Histories of Herodotus in the more recognizable form of "Palaistine". The Roman Empire initially used other terms for the region, such as Judaea, but renamed the region Syria Palaestina after the Bar Kokhba revolt. During the Byzantine period, the region was split into the provinces of Palaestina Prima, Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestwich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Prestwich was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918. Boundaries The constituency of South-East Lancashire, Prestwich Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with the official title. It consisted of an area of the parliamentary county of Lancashire between the boroughs of County Borough of Salford, Salford and County Borough of Oldham, Oldham. It consisted of the following civil parishes and township (England), townships: *Blackley *Chadderton *Crompton, Lancashire, Crompton *Crumpsall *Droylsden *Failsworth *Great Heaton *Little Heaton *Moston, Greater Manchester, Moston *Prestwich *Royton *And the part of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne not inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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