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Leif Jones (artist)
Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, PC ( Leifchild Stratten Jones; 16 January 1862 – 26 September 1939), known as Leif Jones before his elevation to the peerage in 1932, was a British Temperance movement leader and Liberal politician. Background and education Born Leifchild Stratten Jones on 16 January 1862 in St Pancras, London, the fifth of the six children of Thomas Jones (1819–1882), an Independent clergyman, formerly of Morriston, Swansea, and Jane Jones, daughter of John Jones of Dowlais. His older siblings were David Brynmor (b. 1851), Annie, John Viriamu (b. 1862) and Irvonwy; his younger brother was Morlais Glasfryn. His brothers David Brynmor Jones and John Viriamu Jones would both achieve prominence in public life. In 1867, when Leifchild was five years old, his mother died, and, in 1869, his father left London, for health reasons, moving firstly back to Swansea (1870–1877) and afterwards to Melbourne, Australia (1877–1880), where Leifchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Leif Jones (Elliott & Fry)
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Appleby (UK Parliament Constituency)
Appleby was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the county of Westmorland in England. It existed for two separate periods: from 1295 to 1832, and from 1885 to 1918. Appleby was enfranchised as parliamentary borough in 1295, and abolished by the Great Reform Act of 1832. It returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) using the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until Acts of Union 1707, 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. Its best-known MP was William Pitt the Younger who became Prime Minister of Great Britain, prime minister in 1783 at the age of 24. For the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Redistribution of Seats Act created a county constituency of the same name, which returned a sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Appleby By-election
The Appleby (UK Parliament constituency), Appleby by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-elections, Parliamentary by-election held on 2 March 1905. The constituency 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 and electoral history Richard Rigg (British politician), Richard Rigg had been Liberal MP for the seat of Appleby (UK Parliament constituency), Appleby since the 1900 general election. Rigg aged only 23, had a large majority of 11.4%. This was a surprise, since Appleby had previously returned only Conservatives since 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885. Rigg resigned from the Liberal party on 25 November 1904 because he found himself in agreement with the Conservative government on so many key issues. The result at the last election was as follows: Candidates When Rigg announced his resignation from the Liberal Party he also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
