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Adam Maitland
Sir Adam Maitland (25 May 1885 – 5 October 1949) Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, ''Dod's parliamentary companion'', Publisher Dod's Parliamentary Companion, ltd., 1943.page 421"Sir Adam Maitland", ''The Times'' (London), Saturday, 8 October 1949, page 7, Issue 51507 was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham in Kent. He entered Parliament as a result of the 25 January 1928 Faversham by-election, and held his seat until 1945. An accountant by profession, he was a Fellow of the Society of Accountants and Auditors. He received a knighthood in 1936, had been a director of the '' Pall Mall Gazette and Globe'', and a director of the London board of the Royal Exchange Assurance. Personal Maitland was born in Bury, Lancashire, on 25 May 1885 to Joseph Maitland (b.~1853) of Aberdeenshire and his wife Mary (b.~1855). Educated privately, on 6 Sep 1911, he married Nancy Helen, the daughter of Henry Chadwick of Bury, Lancs.< ...
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Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the area of the Counties of Scotland, historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire (except the area making up the City of Aberdeen), as well as part of Banffshire. The county boundaries are officially used for a few purposes, namely land registration and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy. Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House, in Aberdeen, making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction. Aberdeen itself forms a different council area (Aberdeen City). Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus, Scotland, Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, Highland (council area), Highland and Moray to the west and Aber ...
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UK MPs 1931–1935
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 ...
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UK MPs 1929–1931
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 17 ...
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UK MPs 1924–1929
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 ...
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs For English Constituencies
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative Party include: Europe Current * Croatian Conservative Party, * Conservative Party (Czech Republic) *Conservative People's Party (Denmark) *Conservative Party of Georgia *Conservative Party (Norway) *Conservative Party (UK) * The Conservatives (Latvia) Historical * Conservative Party (Bulgaria), 1879–1884 * Conservative Party (Kingdom of Serbia), 1861-1895 *German Conservative Party, 1876–1918 *Conservative Party (Hungary), 1846–1849 * Conservative Party (Iceland), 1924–1927 *Conservative Party (Prussia), 1848–1876 * Vlad Țepeș League, in Romania 1929–1938 *Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) * Conservative Party (Romania), 1991–2015 * Conservative Party (Spain), 1876–1931 *Tories, Britain and Ireland 1678–1834; t ...
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1949 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America tha ...
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1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes ...
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List Of MPs Elected In The 1929 United Kingdom General Election
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 general election, held on 30 May. For a complete list of constituency elections results, see Constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election. By-elections

See the List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918 - 1931)#35th Parliament (1929–1931), list of United Kingdom by-elections. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mps Elected In The United Kingdom General Election, 1929 Lists of MPs elected in United Kingdom general elections, 1929 1929 United Kingdom general election, General election UK MPs 1929–1931, List 1929-related lists, UK MPs ...
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List Of MPs Elected In The 1931 United Kingdom General Election
This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected at the 1931 general election, held on 27 October. Composition These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1931 general election. First, immediately after the election. Second, at the end of 1933, after the Liberal Party withdrew from the National Government. By-elections See the list of United Kingdom by-elections. See also * UK general election, 1931 *List of parliaments of the United Kingdom References * Whitaker's Almanack for 1934 {{UnitedKingdomMPs 1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ... 1931 United Kingdom general election List UK MPs ...
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List Of MPs Elected In The 1935 United Kingdom General Election
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected at the 1935 general election, held on 14 November. Due to the onset of the Second World War, this was the last general election before 1945, making it the longest UK parliament in history and the longest parliament to sit in Westminster since the Cavalier Parliament of 1661–1679. By-elections See the list of United Kingdom by-elections. History * A declaration was made to Parliament 3 September 1939 by PM Neville Chamberlain that "this country is at war with Germany", as it had been since 9am that day upon the expiration of an unobserved deadline to cease German fire in Poland. * The King commissioned a change in Administration on 10 May 1940, and Winston Churchill became Prime Minister on 13 May 1940 with a resolution "That this House welcomes the formation of a Government representing the united and inflexible resolve of the nation to prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion." * On 29 January 1942, Clem ...
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List Of United Kingdom By-elections (1918–1931)
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1918 and 1931, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal gain, and grey for any other gain. A total of 233 by-elections were held during this period. Resignations :See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details. Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation" or "seeks re-election", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his or her own request to an "office of profit under the Crown", either the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds or the Steward of the Manor of Northstead. These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign. By-elections References * *F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Electio ...
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