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Francis Edward Newman Rogers
Francis Edward Newman Rogers MP (26 December 1868 – 28 March 1925) was an English Liberal politician, Member of Parliament for Devizes from 1906 to 1910. He was also a member of Wiltshire County Council and a farmer. Early life Rogers was the son of Walter Lacy Rogers, of Rainscombe, Pewsey, Wiltshire, and of Hermione Lucy Hamilton, daughter of John James Edward Hamilton and sister of Sir Edward Hamilton, 4th Baronet, of Iping House, Midhurst. He was also a descendant of the jurist Francis James Newman Rogers and was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.ROGERS, Francis Edward Newman', in ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 September 2009 Career As a Liberal parliamentary candidate, Rogers contested Devizes unsuccessfully in 1900 before being elected as its Member of Parliament for the parliament of 1906–1910. Having lost that seat to Basil Peto at the January 1910 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |