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Sarah Adelaide Ward
Sarah Adelaide Ward Order of the British Empire, CBE (25 December 1895 – 9 April 1965) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life Ward was born Sarah Adelaide Ainsworth on Meaford Farm in Stone, Staffordshire on 25 December 1895. She attended Orme Girls' School in Newcastle before spending several years teaching at Christ Church School in Stone. During the First World War, she was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment in the 90th Staffordshire VADs. She married William J. Ward, a local tenant farmer, in 1921 and they had a daughter, Margaret. They moved to Grange Farm in Walsall Wood. Political career In the 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 Conservative landslide, Ward was elected as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cannock (UK Parliament constituency), Cannock constituency in Staffordshire, ousting the Labour Party (UK), Labour incumbent, William Murdoch Adamson, Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cannock was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was effectively recreated in 1997 as the seat of Cannock Chase. Boundaries 1918–1955: The Urban Districts of Brownhills, Cannock, and Tettenhall, the Rural District of Seisdon, in the Rural District of Cannock the parishes of Bushbury, Cheslyn Hay, Essington, Great Wyrley, and Hilton, and in the Rural District of Walsall the parish of Bentley. 1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Wednesfield, and the Rural District of Cannock. 1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Cannock and Rugeley, and the parish of Brindley Heath in the Rural District of Lichfield. Members of Parliament Election results Election in the 1910s * Parker was incorrectly designated as a coalition Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |