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George Welsh Currie
George Welsh Currie (1870 – 3 June 1950) was a British politician. Born in Edinburgh, he was the son of the Reverend James Currie. Following education at the University of Edinburgh he entered business as an accountant, and travelled widely in the United States, Canada and South America. He became a strong supporter of Joseph Chamberlain and in 1906 became secretary of the Scottish branch of the Tariff Reform League. When the sitting Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs, Ronald Ferguson, was appointed Governor-General of Australia in 1914, Currie was chosen by the Scottish Unionist Party to attack the seat at the resulting by-election. He gained the seat, but only by a narrow majority of 16 votes. When the next general election was held at the end of 1918, there was a redistribution of parliamentary seats under the Representation of the People Act. Currie stood in the new Leith seat as a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government, but lost fairly narrowly to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Currie
George Currie may refer to: * George Currie (Northern Irish politician) (1905–1978), Northern Irish barrister and politician * George Currie (musician) (born 1950), Scottish musician and amateur archaeologist * George Currie (academic) (1896–1984), Scottish-born agricultural scientist and Vice Chancellor of Universities in Australia and New Zealand * George R. Currie (1900–1983), American jurist from Wisconsin * George Currie (British politician) (1870–1950), British politician * George Selkirk Currie Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada), Lieutenant-Colonel George Selkirk Currie, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, DSO, Military Cross, MC (1889 – 1975) was a Canadian soldier, businessma ..., Canadian soldier, businessman, and public servant See also * George Curry (other) {{hndis, Currie, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during the First World War, social reform policies including the National Insurance Act 1911, his role in the Paris Peace Conference, and negotiating the establishment of the Irish Free State. Early in his career, he was known for the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and support of Welsh devolution. He was the last Liberal Party prime minister; the party fell into third party status shortly after the end of his premiership. Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, to Welsh parents. From around three months of age he was raised in Pembrokeshire and Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, speaking Welsh. His father, a schoolmaster, died in 1864, and David was raised by his mother and her shoemaker brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 Births
Year 187 ( CLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 187 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Septimius Severus marries Julia Domna (age 17), a Syrian princess, at Lugdunum (modern-day Lyon). She is the youngest daughter of high-priest Julius Bassianus – a descendant of the Royal House of Emesa. Her elder sister is Julia Maesa. * Clodius Albinus defeats the Chatti, a highly organized German tribe that controlled the area that includes the Black Forest. By topic Religion * Olympianus succeeds Pertinax as bishop of Byzantium (until 198). Births * Cao Pi, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (d. 226) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Leith Burghs By-election
The Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Leith Burghs by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-elections, Parliamentary by-election. 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 Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, Munro Ferguson had been the Liberal MP for Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Leith Burghs since 1886 when he succeeded William Gladstone. In February 1914, he was appointed to the post of Governor-General of Australia and thus resigned his seat. Electoral history This was the result at the last election; The result of the previous election is worth noting because it was a three-way contest; Candidates *Malcolm Smith (Scottish politician), Malcolm Smith was chosen as the Liberal candidate to defend the seat. A local businessman, he became the Provost of Leith in 1908. *George Welsh Currie was ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
