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Aneurin Williams
Aneurin Williams (11 October 1859 – 20 January 1924) was a British Liberal Party politician. Background He was born in Dowlais, Glamorganshire, the second son of Edward Williams, CE, JP, ironmaster, of Cleveland Lodge, Middlesbrough. He was the great-grandson of Iolo Morganwg, founder of the Gorsedd. He was educated privately before attending St John's College, Cambridge where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Tripos in 1880 and a Master of Arts in 1883. He married, in 1888, Helen Elizabeth Pattinson, of Shipcote House, Gateshead. They had one son Iolo Aneurin Williams and one daughter, Helen Ursula Williams. His wife Helen died in 1922. Professional career He was Called to Bar, Inner Temple in 1884. He was one of the acting partners at Linthorpe Ironworks, in Middlesbrough from 1886 to 1890. Political career He joined the Liberal Party. He was firstly the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the safe Conservative Medway Division of Kent at the 1906 General Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 North West Durham By-election
The North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency), North West Durham by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-elections, Parliamentary by-election held on 30 January 1914. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy Llewellyn Atherley-Jones, the Liberal MP for North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency), North West Durham resigned his seat. He was appointed a Judge of the Mayor's and City of London Court, City of London Court, which meant he had to halt his political career. He had been the local MP since the constituency was created in 1885. He had started his legal career as the Barrister for the Miners' National Union, giving him a particular affinity with the large number of miners living in the constituency. Previous result The seat had always been a safe Liberal seat, and was so at the last election; Candidates *The Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
