John Frederick Loverseed (22 December 1881 – 14 August 1928) was a British Liberal politician.

Family and Education

Loverseed was the son of a

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builder and contractor. He was educated at Southwell Grammar School and Gosberton Hall. In 1910 he married Katherine Thurman of

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. They had one son. In religion he was a

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and in 1924 he was a Member of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference.

Career

From 1899 to 1905 Loverseed was engaged in farming. In 1914 he entered the services becoming a Captain and Adjutant in the 5th Battalion,

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Officer Training Corps and in 1916 was military representative for tribunals in

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Politics

From 1908 to 1913 he was Agent to Sir

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, Coalition Liberal MP for

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from 1906 to 1923 and later for Gainsborough 1923–24. In 1922 he was Agent to Major S G Howard, the Coalition Liberal MP for

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from 1918 to 1922. Loverseed was also active in local politics in Suffolk, being a

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and a

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lor in

from 1919 and serving as

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of Sudbury for two terms from 1921 to 1923. At the 1923 general election Loverseed was elected Liberal MP for Sudbury, beating the sitting Unionist Colonel Herbert Mercer. Mercer had beaten Loverseed's old chief Stephen Howard at the 1922 general election with a majority of 1,888 votes but Loverseed turned this into a Liberal majority of 665. However Loverseed only held the seat for a year, losing to Conservative Henry Walter Burton at the 1924 general election.

Other public service

Loverseed took a great interest in local education in his region. He was Chairman of

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of Sudbury Grammar School, a Governor of East Anglian School,

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and of King Edward VI's School, Bury St Edmunds as well as being a Governor of the Girls’ Secondary School, Sudbury. He served on West Suffolk Education Committee and Standing Joint Committee. He was created a Justice of the Peace in Suffolk in 1924.

Son also an MP

His son John Eric Loverseed was an RAF

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in the

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and was elected Common Wealth MP for Eddisbury in

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, from 1943 to 1945. He joined the Labour Party in 1944 and fought Eddisbury again at the 1945 general election this time losing to a

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. In May 1955 he stood against

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unsuccessfully for South Lewisham as an Independent

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loverseed, Frederick Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 1881 births 1928 deaths