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John Cutts Lockwood
Lieutenant-Colonel John Cutts Lockwood CBE TD (December 1890 – 18 January 1983) was a Conservative Party politician in England. At the 1931 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney Central. He was defeated at the 1935 general election, and unsuccessfully contested the Bexley constituency at the 1945 general election. He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1950 general election as MP for Romford Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romfo ..., and held the seat until retiring at the 1955 general election. Sources *Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832 * External links * 1890 births 1983 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Hackney Members of Parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence. Sometimes, the term 'half-colonel' is used in casual conversation in the British Army. In the United States Air Force, the term 'light bird' or 'light bird colonel' (as opposed to a 'full bird colonel') is an acceptable casual reference to the rank but is never used directly towards the rank holder. A lieutenant colonel is typically in charge of a battalion or regiment in the army. The following articles deal with the rank of lieutenant colonel: * Lieutenant-colonel (Canada) * Lieutenant colonel (Eastern Europe) * Lieutenant colonel (Turkey) * Lieutenant colonel (Sri Lanka) * Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom) * Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romford (UK Parliament Constituency)
Romford is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Rosindell, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. It was created in 1885. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, and part of the Sessional Division of Becontree. 1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Barking and Romford, and the Rural District of Romford. 1945–1950: The Borough of Romford. 1950–1955: The Borough of Romford, and the Urban District of Brentwood. 1955–1974: The Borough of Romford. 1974–1983: The London Borough of Havering wards of Bedfords, Central, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, and Oldchurch. 1983–1997: The London Borough of Havering wards of Brooklands, Chase Cross, Collier Row, Gidea Park, Heath Park, Mawney, Oldchurch, Rise Park, and St Edward's. 1997–2010: The London Borough of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK MPs 1931–1935
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hackney Members Of Parliament
Hackney may refer to: Places London * Hackney, London, a district in London * Hackney (parish), the originally medieval ancient parish * Hackney District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London from 1855 to 1894 * Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, a local government area based on the ancient parish boundaries from 1900 to 1965 * London Borough of Hackney, a local authority area created in 1965 * Hackney Central, a sub-district of Hackney which forms the commercial and administrative centre * Hackney Wick, a sub-district of Hackney * South Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney * West Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney * Hackney Central railway station * Hackney Downs railway station * Hackney Wick railway station * Hackney Downs, an open space in Hackney * Hackney Marshes, an open space in Hackney * Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency) * Hackney (UK Parliament constituency) * Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK) MPs For English Constituencies
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative Party include: Europe Current * Croatian Conservative Party, * Conservative Party (Czech Republic) *Conservative People's Party (Denmark) *Conservative Party of Georgia *Conservative Party (Norway) *Conservative Party (UK) * The Conservatives (Latvia) Historical * Conservative Party (Bulgaria), 1879–1884 * Conservative Party (Kingdom of Serbia), 1861-1895 *German Conservative Party, 1876–1918 *Conservative Party (Hungary), 1846–1849 * Conservative Party (Iceland), 1924–1927 *Conservative Party (Prussia), 1848–1876 * Vlad Țepeș League, in Romania 1929–1938 *Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) * Conservative Party (Romania), 1991–2015 * Conservative Party (Spain), 1876–1931 *Tories, Britain and Ireland 1678–1834; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Deaths
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 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 * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Ledger
Ronald Joseph Ledger (7 November 1920 – 11 December 2004) was a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. Early life Ledger was born in Tunbridge Wells and was raised in a Barnardo's orphanage after his father abandoned the family in 1923, during which time he was separated from his brother, sister, and pregnant mother. He was educated at Skinner's Grammar School and then at the University of Nottingham, where he founded the university's Labour Club and was its first chairman from 1948 to 1949. He served with the Royal Air Force from 1942 to 1947. Politics Ledger unsuccessfully contested Rushcliffe at the 1951 general election, and was a member of Hertfordshire County Council from 1952 to 1954. He was elected at the 1955 general election as the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Romford, and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1970 general election. Ledger was a director of the London Co-operative Society from 1961. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Macpherson, 1st Baron Macpherson Of Drumochter
Thomas Macpherson, 1st Baron Macpherson of Drumochter (9 July 1888 – 11 June 1965), was a Scottish businessman, and Labour Party politician. Macpherson was the son of James Macpherson of Muirhead near Chryston in Lanarkshire. He was Chairman of Macpherson, Train & Co Ltd, food and produce importers and exporters. He was also involved in the Food Defence Plans organisation from 1938 to 1939 and served Chairman of the London Provision Exchange and as a Member of the Port of London Authority. He was Chairman of Romford Division Liberal Association before joining the Labour Party in 1934. In 1945 Macpherson was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Romford, a seat he held until 1950. The following year, on 30 January 1951, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macpherson of Drumochter, of Great Warley in the County of Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Charles Watkins
Frederick Charles Watkins (24 February 1883 – 31 January 1954) was a Labour Party politician in England. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1923 general election in Aylesbury. At the 1929 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney Central. He was defeated at the 1931 general election, but regained his seat in 1935 and served until he stood down at the 1945 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1945. Africa * 1945 South-West African legislative election Asia * 1945 Indian general election Australia * 1945 Fremantle by-election Europe * 1945 Albanian parliamentary election * 1945 Bulgaria .... Sources * * External links * 1883 births 1954 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Fabian Society Hackney Members of Parliament UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1935–1945 Presidents of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association English trade unionists Transport Salari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lockwood Memorial
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 United Kingdom General Election
The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election in 1951. It was a snap election: after Winston Churchill retired in April 1955, Anthony Eden took over and immediately called the election in order to gain a mandate for his government. It resulted in a majority of 60 seats for the government under new leader and Prime Minister Anthony Eden; the result remains the largest party share of the vote at a post-war general election. This was the first general election to be held with Elizabeth II as monarch. She had succeeded her father George VI a year after the previous election. Results The election was fought on new boundaries, with five seats added to the 625 fought in 1951. At the same time, the Conservative Party had returned to power for the first time since World War II and increased its popularity by accepting the mixed economy and welfare state created by the previous Labour Party government. It also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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