A. W. Black (technician)
A. W. Black may refer to: *Arthur Black (Liberal politician) (1863–1947), Nottingham businessman and Member of Parliament (MP) for Biggleswade 1906–1918 *Alexander William Black Alexander William Black (28 February 1859 – 29 December 1906) was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland. A lawyer and a Writer to the Signet, he was elected at the 1900 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banffshire, and ...

Arthur Black (Liberal Politician)
Sir Arthur William Black (28 February 1863 – 13 July 1947) was an English lace manufacturer from Nottingham and a Liberal Party politician who served in local government in Nottingham before holding a seat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1918. Career Black was born in Nottingham, the son of William Edward Black. He was educated there before entering into business as a lace manufacturer in 1888, and later became a director Turney Brothers and of the Sceptre Life Association. He was elected in 1895 to the Nottingham Town Council, becoming Sheriff from 1898 to 1899 and Mayor of Nottingham from 1902 to 1903, a Justice of the Peace and chairman of the Nottingham education committee. As Chairman of the Nottingham Free Church Council in 1902 he shared a platform in a demonstration in Nottingham against the Education Bill which was addressed by the future Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. He was a member of Alfred Mosely's Commission of Inquiry into the educational systems of ...
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