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1936 Dunbartonshire By-election
The 1936 Dunbartonshire by-election was held on 18 March 1936. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Governor of Burma of the incumbent Conservative MP, Archibald Douglas Cochrane. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Cassells Thomas Cassells (7 August 1902 – 16 June 1944) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunbartonshire from 1936 to 1941. He won the seat at a by-election in March 1936, when his predecessor resigne .... References 1936 in Scotland 1930s elections in Scotland Politics of Dunbartonshire 1936 elections in the United Kingdom 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] |
Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Palace of Westminster, Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also Westminster) from 1801 to 1950. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Dunbartonshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Dunbartonshire . History The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the Plurality voting system, first past the post system until the seat was split in 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Boundaries The constituency was created to cover the county of Dumbarton (later ''Dunbarton'') minus any parliamentary burgh or part thereof within the Counties of Scotland, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Burma
The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar. As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially setup as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under a Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence. List (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) See also *President of Myanmar **List of presidents of Myanmar *Vice-President of Myanmar *Prime Minister of Myanmar **List of premiers of British Burma **List of prime ministers of Myanmar * State Counsellor of Myanmar *Chairman of the State Administration Council References External linksWorld Statesmen – Myanmar (Burma) {{DEFAULTSORT:List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Douglas Cochrane
Captain The Honourable Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, (8 January 1885 – 16 April 1958) was a Scottish politician, naval officer, and colonial governor. Early life The second son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, he was born in Springfield, Fife in 1885. He ranked eighteenth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the Royal Navy training ship HMS ''Britannia'' intake term of September 1899, with 2374 marks, and joined as a naval cadet on the battleship HMS ''Mars'' in January 1901. In June 1902 he was posted as midshipman to the battleship HMS ''London'', which was flagship for the Coronation Review for King Edward VII in August 1902 before she was posted to the Mediterranean Station later the same year. During the First World War he was mentioned in dispatches three times, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Bar. Political career He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Fife from 1924 until he lost the seat at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cassells
Thomas Cassells (7 August 1902 – 16 June 1944) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunbartonshire from 1936 to 1941. He won the seat at a by-election in March 1936, when his predecessor resigned to become Governor of Burma. A solicitor by training, Cassells held the seat until his appointment in 1941 as a Sheriff-substitute of Inverness, Elgin and Nairn, when he was succeeded at a by-election by Adam McKinlay. He also served as Dean of Guild for the Burgh for Falkirk. Thomas Cassells was educated at Hamilton Academy where one of his teachers had been Robert Gibson, himself a former pupil of the school, and who was also to serve as a Labour MP (for Greenock) and over the same period, 1936–41. From the academy, Cassells studied at both Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gray (Scottish Politician)
Robert Gray (1895 – 12 April 1975), often known as Bertie Gray, was a Scottish nationalist politician. Gray worked as a stonemason and in 1928 was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland. In 1929, he made two copies of the Stone of Scone, a coronation stone originally used by Scottish monarchs, but taken by Edward I of England to Westminster Abbey in 1296.Warwick Rodwell, ''The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone'' Gray stood unsuccessfully for the National Party at the 1932 Dunbartonshire by-election, then, when it merged into the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1934, became the Assistant Secretary of the new party. He stood for the SNP in Dunbartonshire at the 1935 general election and a 1936 by-election in the seat, although he received less than 10% of the vote on each occasion. Disillusioned with the SNP, Gray joined the Progressives, an anti-Labour coalition, and in 1947 was elected to Glasgow City Council, representing Blythswood. Gray retained his n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 In Scotland
Events from the year 1936 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, Keeper of the Great Seal – Godfrey Collins, Sir Godfrey Collins until 29 October; then Walter Elliot (Scottish politician), Walter Elliot Law officers * Lord Advocate – Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross, Thomas Mackay Cooper * Solicitor General for Scotland – Albert Russell, Lord Russell, Albert Russell until June; then James Reid, Baron Reid, James Reid Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Wilfrid Normand, Baron Normand, Lord Normand * Lord Justice Clerk – Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison, Lord Aitchison * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell Events * 27 January, 27–31 January – The 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election, Combined Scottish Universities by-election sees former UK Prime Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
