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Stephen Goodwin Howard
Stephen Goodwin Howard CBE (1867 – 13 November 1934) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Family Howard was the son of Stephen Howard of Kirtling in Cambridgeshire. His family home was at The Moat, Upend. In 1895 he married Mary Maude Hailey. They a son and two daughters. Their son Stephen Gerald Howard QC was Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of parliament, MP for Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridgeshire from 1950 to 1961. Career Howard described his profession as a tenant farmer and is recorded as owning land in Kirtling, very near the border with West Suffolk (county), West Suffolk. He is described as one of the area's principal landowners. Howard also served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Cambridgeshire Regiment achieving the rank of Major. Parliamentary politics Howard was President of East Cambridgeshire Liberal Association and was then selected as the candidate for the Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency), Sudbury D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. History A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, the constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844, after which it was absorbed into the Western Division of Suffolk. It was probably enfranchised through lobbying from Ambrose Cave the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who had interests in the area and could influence the choice of MPs. Sudbury had in the eighteenth Century been seen as a particularly expensive seat but not under the influence of any patron and in the 1761 general election Horace Walpole the cousin of the outgoing MP, Thomas Walpole, had claimed that Sudbury had openly advertised itself for sale with the new MP, John Henniker having to spend £5,500 from the Duke of Newcastle's funds. but not under the influence of any patron The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Goodwin Howard
Stephen Goodwin Howard CBE (1867 – 13 November 1934) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Family Howard was the son of Stephen Howard of Kirtling in Cambridgeshire. His family home was at The Moat, Upend. In 1895 he married Mary Maude Hailey. They a son and two daughters. Their son Stephen Gerald Howard QC was Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of parliament, MP for Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridgeshire from 1950 to 1961. Career Howard described his profession as a tenant farmer and is recorded as owning land in Kirtling, very near the border with West Suffolk (county), West Suffolk. He is described as one of the area's principal landowners. Howard also served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Cambridgeshire Regiment achieving the rank of Major. Parliamentary politics Howard was President of East Cambridgeshire Liberal Association and was then selected as the candidate for the Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency), Sudbury D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Douglas (academic)
Roy Ian Douglas (December 1924 – 11 December 2020) was a British author, academic and political activist. Douglas was educated at Rutlish School in Morden, and joined the Liberal Party when he was sixteen. He studied at King's College London, and while there served as chair of its Liberal Association. He later served as president, and then as chair, of the National League of Young Liberals, and completed a doctorate at the University of Edinburgh. In 1953 he was a Liberal candidate for East ward in the Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council elections. He became a barrister in 1956 with Gray's Inn. He stood for the Liberal Party at numerous Parliamentary elections: in Merton and Morden in 1950, Bethnal Green in 1951 and 1955, and Gainsborough in 1959 and 1964. By this time, he was serving on the council of the Liberal Party. In the run-up to the 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, Douglas chaired the Liberal "No to the Common Market" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (UK) MPs For English Constituencies
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a list of existing and active Liberal Parties worldwide with a name similar to "Liberal party". Defunct liberal parties See also * *Liberalism by country, for a list of liberal parties, such as: ** Democratic Liberal Party (other) ** Liberal Democratic Party (other) ** Liberal People's Party (other) **Liberal Reform Party (other) ** National Liberal Party (other) ** New Liberal Party (other) **Progressive Liberal Party (other) ** Radical Liberal Party (other) ** Social Liberal Party (other) ** Free Democratic Party (other) **Radical Party (other) Radical Party may refer to any of a number of political parties professing the progressive-libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1867 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed after its designer, John A. Roebling, in 1983. * January 8 – African-American men are granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia. * January 11 – Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again. * January 30 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan dies suddenly, age 36, leaving his 14-year-old son to succeed as Emperor Meiji. * January 31 – Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Bey Karam leaves Lebanon aboard a French ship for Algeria. * February 3 – '' Shōgun'' Tokugawa Yoshinobu abdicates, and the late Emperor Kōmei's son, Prince Mutsuhito, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan in a brief ceremony in Kyoto, ending the Late Tokugawa shogunate. * February 7 – West Virginia University is established in Morgantown, West Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Mercer
Colonel Herbert Mercer (4 January 1862 – 8 February 1944) was a British Army officer and a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and member of parliament in the 1920s. Early life Mercer was born on 7 January 1862 in Boxley, Kent, the son of Richard Mercer, a banker. He was educated at Harrow School and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1880. Military career Mercer was commissioned in April 1881 as a second lieutenant in the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh militia. In January 1884 he was appointed as a lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon Guards. Later as a major he served in the Second Boer War, Boer War. During the First World War he commanded the 3rd Reserve Regiment. Parliamentary politics Mercer was returned as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for the Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency), Sudbury Division of Suffolk for the 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 general election. He lost the seat in the 1923 election to Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Eley Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1873 – 18 September 1952) was an English Conservative Party politician. Quilter was the son of the Liberal politician Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet (1841–1911). He was commissioned a second-lieutenant of the Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) on 26 March 1902. He commissioned a house designed by Detmar Blow, and built in South Street, Mayfair, London, in 1902-1903. It was later the home of Lord Dunglass, the birthplace of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and the home of Dame Barbara Cartland. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sudbury in Suffolk, a constituency held by his father until 1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, a .... He he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms Member of Congress, congressman/congresswoman or Deputy (legislator), deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian (other), parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Of The Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or '' puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning. Depending on the jurisdiction, such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are (or were) usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs. History In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England and his Minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They were responsible to the King in ensuring that the law was upheld and preserving the " King's peace". Therefore, they were known as "keepers of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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