Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part ...

Miles Walker Mattinson (26 December 1854 in

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– 29 February 1944) was an English barrister and Conservative MP for Liverpool Walton. Mattinson was born in

, the son of Thomas Mattinson. In 1874, he obtained the Bacon scholarship at

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, and the following year, the

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studentship in jurisprudence. In 1877, he won the Arden scholarship and was called to the Bar. In 1897, he

took silk A King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Qu ...

. At the dissolution of parliament in April 1880, Mattinson unsuccessfully stood for

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, followed by two more unsuccessful attempts in

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in 1885 and in 1886. On his fourth attempt, he was returned unopposed at a by-election to Liverpool Walton in 1888, but stood down at the next general election in 1892. He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservatives in

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in 1910. Following his political career, Mattinson devoted himself to company law and financial regulations. From 1894 to 1922, he was chairman of the Finance Committee. He joined

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and in 1933, following the death of

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, Mattinson took control of the company. He was knighted by

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on 19 December 1922.

Books

* ''The law relating to corrupt and illegal practices at Parliamentary, municipal and other elections, and the practice on election petitions, with an appendix of statutes, rules and forms'' (1892). Publisher London : Waterlow and Sons. * ''The law relating to corrupt practices at elections and the practice on election petitions with an appendix of statutes, rules and forms''(1883). Publisher London : Waterlow. * ''A selection of precedents of pleading under the Judicature acts in the common law divisions. With notes explanatory of the different causes of action and grounds of defence; and an introductory treatise on the present rules and principles of pleading as illustrated by the various decisions down to the present time'' (1878). Publisher London : Stevens and Haynes.Mattinson, Miles Walker, Sir, 1854-1944
Retrieved on 7 Feb 2018

References

External links

Parliamentary Archives, Letters to Sir Miles Mattinson, MP
1854 births 1944 deaths Politicians from Newcastle upon Tyne Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 20th-century King's Counsel 20th-century English lawyers Members of Gray's Inn Knights Bachelor Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liverpool constituencies UK MPs 1886–1892 {{UK-politician-stub