(Charles) Ellis Lloyd (1879 – 7 May 1939)
was a Welsh novelist, barrister and
Labour Party politician. He was elected at the
1929 general election as the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Llandaff and Barry,
having contested the seat unsuccessfully in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...
.
He was defeated at the
1931 general election,
and when he stood again in
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
he massively reduced the Conservative majority, but not by enough to re-take the seat.
Works
*''Love and the Agitator'' (1911)
*''Scarlet Nest'' (1919)
*''A Master of Dreams'' (1921)
References
External links
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1879 births
1939 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cardiff constituencies
UK MPs 1929–1931
Welsh Labour MPs
20th-century Welsh novelists
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