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Frank Briant
Frank Briant (30 November 1865 – 1 September 1934) was a radical British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Lambeth North. In addition, he represented Lambeth on the London County Council and was a leading member of Lambeth Borough Council. Background He was born in Kennington to William and Susannah Briant. He started work as a civil servant. In 1887, he started working at the Alford House Institute for Workingmen and Lads. In religion, he was a Congregationalist. Political career He served for 10 years as Chairman of the Lambeth Board of Guardians. He was a Justice of the peace for London. He was a member of Lambeth Borough Council, the London County Council and the House of Commons. He was first elected to Lambeth Council and was elected Chairman of the Council in 1899, a position he held for twenty years. He was elected as a Progressive Party member to the London County Council in 1905 representing Lambeth North. He served as both a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambeth North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Lambeth North was a borough constituency centred on the Lambeth district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created when the two-member Lambeth (UK Parliament constituency), Lambeth constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general election when the area was absorbed into the Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency), Vauxhall constituency. Boundaries *1885 - 1918: The constituency was defined as comprising three ward (politics), wards of the civil parishes of England, parish of Lambeth (parish), Lambeth: Bishop's (ward), Bishop's, North Marsh and South Marsh. The wards were those used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
