Joseph Stanley Snowden (16 October 1901 – 22 January 1980), was a British

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politician and barrister.

Background

He was the eldest son of Joseph Snowden and Fanny Ruth Snowden of

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. He was educated at

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and

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. Law Tripos (Cantab) 1923 (BA, LLB). He married, in 1938, Agnes Enid Mitchell. They had no children.

Professional career

He was

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, 1925. He joined the North-Eastern Circuit in 1925. He was Deputy Chairman, West Riding of

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Quarterly Sessions from 1960–71. He was Recorder of

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from 1951–71. He was a Recorder and honorary Recorder of Scarborough from 1972–73. He was Chairman of the Yorkshire and Lancashire Agricultural Land Tribunal from 1963–71.‘SNOWDEN, Joseph Stanley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
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Political career

He was active in Bradford and Yorkshire Liberal federations. He was Liberal candidate for the Bradford East Division of Yorkshire at the 1945 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Bradford East Division of Yorkshire at the 1950 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the

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Division of Yorkshire at the 1951 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the

Division of Yorkshire at the 1955 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the

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Division of Yorkshire at the 1959 General Election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snowden, Joseph Stanley 1901 births 1980 deaths Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge People educated at Sedbergh School