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Maurice Webb (other)
Maurice Webb may refer to: *Maurice Webb (architect) (1880–1939), English architect *Maurice Webb (politician) Maurice Webb PC (26 September 1904 – 10 June 1956) was a British Labour Party politician. Webb joined the Labour Party in 1922 as a teenager, and was a well-known political journalist; including for the '' Daily Herald''. From 1929 to 1935, ... (1904–1956), British Labour politician *Maurice Webb, president of the South African Institute of Race Relations 1943–1945 {{Hndis, Webb, Maurice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Webb (architect)
Maurice Everett Webb (1880–1939) was an English architect of the early 20th century, who started his architectural career working for his famous architect father, Sir Aston Webb, the practice trading as Sir Aston Webb and Son for some years. He was the first chairman of the Building Centre in London. Projects * alterations to 54 Mount Street, London W1 (c.1919; today residence of Ambassador of Brazil) * Stock Exchange War Memorial (1919–1921). * Hertford war memorial (1921) * Royal Air Force Club, London (1919–1922) * Wesley House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge (1925–1930) * Nonconformist chapel (The Sanctuary), Whiteley Village, Surrey (1925–26) * Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1 (1930) * Master's Lodge, Pembroke College, Cambridge (1932–1933; demolished in 1990s) * Abbey flats, Abbey Road, London NW8 * The Guildhall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (1935) * Bentalls department store, Kingston upon Thames (1935) * The Grampians, residential apartment block, Sheph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Webb (politician)
Maurice Webb PC (26 September 1904 – 10 June 1956) was a British Labour Party politician. Webb joined the Labour Party in 1922 as a teenager, and was a well-known political journalist; including for the '' Daily Herald''. From 1929 to 1935, he worked as the Labour Party's communications officer. He was also a broadcast commentator and a member of the executive of the National Union of Journalists. Webb was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford Central in the 1945 general election. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1946 to 1950. In 1949, he intervened to delay Brian Close's National Service so the eighteen-year-old Close could complete the cricket season playing for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. In 1950, he was appointed as Minister of Food, a key role in a time of rationing, and was appointed as a Privy Counsellor. After his Bradford Central seat was abolished for the 1955 general election, he contested Bradford North but n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |