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Richard John Soper
Richard John Soper (13 June 1878 – 23 January 1954) was a Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for four years between 1931 and 1935. Background He was born in Bishop Auckland, Durham, before moving to Barnsley. In 1908 he founded his own timber merchants company, RJ Soper, Ltd. Local Politics Soper was active in civic life in Barnsley. In 1924 he was elected as a Barnsley Town Councillor. He served as Mayor of Barnsley for 1930–31. In 1933 he was made an Alderman of the Town council. National Politics Soper was elected as the MP for Barnsley at the 1931 general election, and held the seat until the 1935 general election. When the Liberal Party split at the 1931 general election over Ramsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard John Soper, Mayor Of Barnsley
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", " Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |