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1909 Hawick Burghs By-election
The 1909 Hawick Burghs by-election was held on 5 March 1909. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Thomas Shaw. It was won by the Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... candidate John Barran. Result References Hawick Burghs by-election 1900s elections in Scotland Hawick Politics of the Scottish Borders Hawick Burghs by-election Hawick Burghs by-election By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies {{Scotland-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Baronet (16 August 1872 – 8 July 1952) was a British Liberal Party politician. Background and family Barran was the son of John Barran (1844–1886) and the grandson of Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet. His mother was Eliza Henrietta Nicholson, daughter of Edward Nicholson. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy in 1905. He married firstly, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston on 18 November 1902, Alice Margarita Parks, daughter of Reverend Leighton Parks, rector of Emmanuel church. They had three sons and one daughter. After his first wife's death in 1939, he married secondly in 1946 Esther Frances Fisher, daughter of New Zealand politician Frank Fisher. His eldest son Sir John Leighton Barran (1904–1974) succeeded in the baronetcy. His youngest son Sir David Barran became a prominent businessman and served as Managing Director and Chairman of Shell. Barran died in July 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two Major party, major List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an alliance of Whigs (British political party), Whigs, free trade–supporting Peelites and reformist Radicals (UK), Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century it had formed four governments under William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule Movement, Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and won a landslide victory in the 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 general election. Under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime ministers Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–1908) and H. H. Asquith (1908–1916), the Liberal Party passed Liberal welfare reforms, reforms that created a basic welfare state. Although Asquith was the Leader of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Elections In The United Kingdom
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Politics Of The Scottish Borders
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Hawick
Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and is the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. The town is at the confluence of the Slitrig Water with the River Teviot. The town was formally established in the 16th century, but was previously the site of historic settlement going back hundreds of years. By the late 17th century, the town began to grow significantly, especially during the Industrial Revolution and Victorian era as a centre for the production of textiles, with a focus on knitting and weaving, involving materials such as tweed and cashmere. By the late 20th century, textile production had declined but the town remains an important regional centre for shopping, tourism and services. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900s Elections In Scotland
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1909 In Scotland
Events from the year 1909 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland Law officers * Lord Advocate – Thomas Shaw; then Alexander Ure * Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Ure; then Arthur Dewar Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Events * March – Construction of Rosyth Dockyard for the Royal Navy on the east coast begins. * 17 April – 58 police officers and sixty other people are injured as 6,000 fans invade the pitch and brawl with rival fans and the police at the end of the drawn Scottish Cup Final replay between Rangers and Celtic at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The 1909 Scottish Cup and all medals are withheld. * 24 May – Dundee United F.C. is formed as Dundee Hibernian, playing its first match on 18 August. * 25 May – Oscar Slater found guilty of murder in Glasgow. * 28 July â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barran
John Barran may refer to: *Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet (1821–1905) *Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet (1872–1952) *Sir John Leighton Barran, 3rd Baronet (1904–1974) of the Barran baronets *Sir John Napoleon Ruthven Barran, 4th Baronet (1934–2010) of the Barran baronets *Sir John Ruthven Barran, 5th Baronet (b. 1971) of the Barran baronets *John Robert Nicholson Barran (b. 2008), heir of the Barran baronets The Barran Baronetcy, of Chapel Allerton Hall in Chapel Allerton in the West Riding of the County of York and Queen's Gate, St Mary's Abbot, in Kensington in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created ... See also * Barran (surname) {{hndis, Barran, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consisted of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk. Members of Parliament Election results George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1868 general election and again after acceptance of office at a by-election on 14 January 1869.Debrett's House of Commons, 1870 Elections in the 1860s Trevelyan was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1880s Trevelyan was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election. Trevelyan was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland, requiring a by-election. Elections in the 1890s Shaw was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland, requiring a by-election. Elections in the 1900s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Shaw
Thomas Shaw is the name of: Politicians * Tom Shaw (politician) (1872–1938), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician * Thomas Shaw (Halifax MP) (1823–1893), English Liberal politician, MP for Halifax * Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle (1850–1937), Scottish politician and judge Military * Thomas Shaw (World War I veteran) (1899–2002), last Irish veteran of World War I * Thomas Shaw (Medal of Honor) (1846–1895), American Indian Wars soldier Music * Thomas Shaw (blues musician) (1908–1977), blues musician * Thomas Shaw (composer) (1752–1830), English composer * Thomas Shaw, Canadian music producer with Project 46 * Tommy Shaw (born 1953), American guitarist Others * Thomas Shaw (divine and traveller) (1694–1751), born in Kendal, Westmoreland * M. Thomas Shaw (1945–2014), American Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts * Thomas Shaw, 3rd Baron Craigmyle (1923–1998), philanthropist * Thomas Claye Shaw (1841–1927), British physician and hospital administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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