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Cleveland By-election, 1902
The 1902 Cleveland by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons constituency of Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency), Cleveland in the North Riding of Yorkshire on 5 November 1902. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation on the grounds of ill-health of the sitting Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP, Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet, Alfred Pease.The Times, 15 September 1902 p6 Pease had held the seat since winning it at a by-election in 1897. He had previously served as MP for City of York (UK Parliament constituency), York from 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 until 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892. Pease had apparently indicated that he was in declining health before the 1900 United Kingdom general election, general election of 1900 but was pressed by his local Liberal Association to contest that election. He did so on condition that if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935. He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to become the leader of a major British political party. Samuel had promoted Zionism within the British Cabinet, beginning with his 1915 memorandum entitled '' The Future of Palestine''. In 1920 he was appointed as the first High Commissioner for Palestine, in charge of the administration of the territory. Samuel was the last member of the Liberal Party to hold one of the four Great Offices of State (as Home Secretary from 1931–32 in the National Government of Ramsay MacDonald). One of the adherents of "New Liberalism", Samuel helped to draft and present social reform legislation while he was serving as a Liberal cabinet member. Samuel led the party in both the 1931 general election and the 1935 general election, during which period the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
