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Constitutionalist (UK)
Constitutionalist was a label used by some British politicians standing for Parliament in the 1920s, instead of the more traditional party labels. The label was used primarily by former supporters of the David Lloyd George, David-Lloyd-George-led Lloyd George ministry, coalition government, and most notably by Winston Churchill. However, there was no party organisation called the Constitutionalist Party. Origins In 1922, when the Unionist Party (UK), Unionist Party voted to end the coalition government with the National Liberal Party (UK, 1922), National Liberal Party, there were still members of both parties who preferred to continue working together. At the 1922 general election, in a number of constituencies local Unionist Associations decided to continue supporting National Liberal candidates and vice versa. However, by the 1923 General Election, the National Liberals had formally rejoined the Liberal Party. In some constituencies there was still some electoral co-operation betwe ... [...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] |
Thomas Robinson (Stretford Politician)
Sir Thomas Robinson (2 January 1864 – 30 December 1953) was an English industrialist, Liberal politician and Member of Parliament, who late in his career sat in the House of Commons as an Independent. Birth and family He was born at King Street, Stretford, Manchester. He was the sixth child of Peter Robinson, a farm labourer/lamplighter, and Eliza (née Owen). He was married twice. First, to Emma Lowe of Stretford in January 1887, and second, in November 1936 he married Emmeline Mary Standring, also of Stretford. He had no children from either marriage. In religion he was an independent Methodist. Business career Robinson had interests in the dyeing trade, which had strong connections to the Lancashire textile industry. He was a director of the Bradford Dyers Association Ltd and Chairman of the Allied Trades, Bleaching, Dyeing and Printing Industries of Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. He also held appointments as the nominee of the Federation of British Industries. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burslem (UK Parliament Constituency)
Burslem was a borough constituency in Stoke-on-Trent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system. Boundaries The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. From 1885 to 1918 the Stoke-on-Trent area had been divided into two constituencies: Stoke and Hanley. In 1918, the area was divided into three constituencies: Stoke, Hanley and a new seat called Burslem. Burslem was thus made up from part of the former Stoke seat and part of Hanley. History Until 1918, both Stoke and Hanley had been represented by Liberal MPs. The Liberal Party in the area was heavily influenced by support for radical land reform policies such as Site Value Rating and the Single Tax policy. These policies were advoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency)
Montrose Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent the parliamentary burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Inverbervie. In 1950, Montrose, Brechin and Inverbervie were merged into North Angus and Mearns, and Arbroath and Forfar were merged into South Angus. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Chalmers resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election. Elections in the 1850s Hume's death caused a by-election. Elections in the 1860s Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leng Sturrock
John Leng Sturrock (23 August 1878 – 22 July 1943) was a Scottish newspaper publisher and Liberal politician. Family and education John Leng Sturrock was born in Newport-on-Tay, Fife. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and at University College, Dundee. In 1925 he married Winifred, the daughter of William Anning JP of Torquay. They had one son and a daughter.Who was Who, OUP 2007 Sturrock's grandfather was Sir John Leng, a journalist and newspaper proprietor, who was Member of Parliament for Dundee from 1899 to 1906. His great-uncle was Sir William Christopher Leng, who was also a newspaperman and active in Conservative politics in Sheffield. He owed his middle name to the Leng family connection and sometimes hyphenated his surname to Leng-Sturrock. His son was the writer John Sturrock. Career Sturrock followed the family trade and was himself originally a journalist but later entered the newspaper publishing business and became managing director of John Leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottenham North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow, across the River Lea, to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west. The area rapidly expanded in the late-19th century, becoming a working-class suburb of London following the advent of the railway and mass development of housing for the lower-middle and working classes. It is the location of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, founded in 1882. The parish of Tottenham was granted urban district status in 1894 and municipal borough status in 1934. Following the Second World War, the area saw large-scale development of council housing, including tower blocks. Until 1965 Tottenham was in the historic county of Middlesex. In 1965, the borough of Tottenham merged with the municipal boroughs of Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPGB founded the ''Daily Worker'' (renamed the ''Morning Star'' in 1966). In 1936, members of the party were present at the Battle of Cable Street, helping organise resistance against the British Union of Fascists. In the Spanish Civil War the CPGB worked with the USSR to create the British Battalion of the International Brigades, which party activist Bill Alexander commanded. In World War II, the CPGB mirrored the Soviet position, opposing or supporting the war in line with the involvement of the USSR. By the end of World War II, CPGB membership had nearly tripled and the party reached the height of its popularity. Many key CPGB members became leaders of Britain's trade union movement, including most notably Jessie Eden, Abraham Laza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hogbin
Henry Cairn Hogbin (16 November 1880 – 13 June 1966) was an English businessman and Liberal later Conservative politician. Family and education Henry Cairn Hogbin was the son of Thomas Parker Hogbin of Tilmanstone, Eastry in Kent. He attended Montague House School and received the rest of his education privately. He married his first wife, Winfred, in 1905 and they had two sons and four daughters. Winifred Hogbin died in 1940 and in 1955 Hogbin married Jessie McKenzie Sutherland.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Career In business, Hogbin had interests in the agricultural chemical industry. He worked for Lawe's Chemical Company and was later Chairman of the Allied Guano and Chemical Company. During the First World War he held a position in the Ministry of Food. He organised agricultural production and was Chairman of the Home Counties Claims Commission. Politics 1922 Hogbin first stood for Parliament at the 1922 general election in Battersea North as a National Liberal i.e. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battersea North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency. Boundaries 1918–1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea wards of Church, Latchmere, Nine Elms, and Park. 1950–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea wards of Church, Latchmere, Newtown, Nine Elms, Park, Queenstown, Vicarage, and Winstanley. 1974–1983: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of Latchmere, Queenstown, St John's, St Mary's Park, and Shaftesbury. The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. When seats were redi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Edwards (politician)
(John) Hugh Edwards (9 April 1869 – 14 June 1945) was a British Liberal Party politician. Aberystwyth-born Edwards was an author, having written a history of Wales and three biographies of David Lloyd George. He was a governor of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and University College Cardiff. He was the editor of the magazines ''Young Wales'', ''Welsh Review'' and ''Wales: a National Magazine'', Liberal Welsh nationalist magazines. Prior to this, he served as a Congregationalist Minister in Montgomeryshire and London. Edwards was a supporter of the 'Cymru Fydd', or 'Young Wales' Movement of the 1890s, one of a number of South Walians who supported Lloyd George's attempt to create a united Welsh nationalist movement. He was present at the Newport Meeting of the South Wales Liberal Federation, in which the scheme for unity went down to defeat. Edwards was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Glamorgan at the December 1910 general election, with a majority o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accrington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Accrington was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. The original county constituency of North East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency), North East Lancashire was replaced by a borough constituency for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. The constituency was based on the town of Accrington. From the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, the constituency was abolished. The successor seat was Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency), Hyndburn, named after the local government area including the town of Accrington. 85.5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham England
Abraham England, CMG, DSO (3 January 1867 – 4 January 1949) was a British Liberal politician, businessman and soldier. Early life Abraham England was born at Barrowford, near Nelson in Lancashire and pursued a business career in Manchester. He joined the Territorial Force as a volunteer and during the First World War he served in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium. He was mentioned three times in dispatches and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 and was made a CMG two years later In 1922 he commanded the East Lancashire Divisional Train, Royal Army Service Corps and was honorary Colonel of the formation from 1923 to 1933.The Times, 5.1.49 Entry into politics In 1921 the Coalition Liberal-held seat at Heywood and Radcliffe fell vacant as the sitting MP, Albert Illingworth went to the House of Lords. England was adopted as Coalition Liberal candidate and faced a three-cornered contest with Labour and an Independent Liberal supported by H H Asquith. There wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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