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William Middlebrook
Sir William Middlebrook, 1st Baronet (22 February 1851 – 30 June 1936) was an English solicitor and Liberal Party politician. Family and education William Middlebrook was born at Birstall in the West Riding of Yorkshire the son of John Middlebrook and Eliza Priestley. His mother was a distant relation of Joseph Priestley the philosopher, theologian and scientist.The Times, 1 July 1936 p18 He was educated at Huddersfield College. In 1880 he married Alma Jackson from Morley, the daughter of William Jackson, the founder of the Peel Mills in Leeds. They had one son and two daughters.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Career Middlebrook went in for the law. He served his articles at Barton-upon-HumberThe Times, 14 February 1908 p14 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1872 or 1873. He began to practice in Birstall but later moved to Leeds and Morley, where he lived at Thornfield House, now the Masonic Lodge. He built up a large practice in which he was later joined by his son Harold. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leeds South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Morley and Leeds South constituency. It was the seat of the former Leader of the Labour Party, the late Hugh Gaitskell, and the former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of East Hunslet, South, and West Hunslet, and part of Bramley ward. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Holbeck and West Hunslet, and part of New Wortley ward. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, Holbeck South, Hunslet Carr and Middleton, and West Hunslet. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, Holbeck, Hunslet Carr, and Middleton. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Beeston, East Hunslet, Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Middlebrook
Sir William Middlebrook, 1st Baronet (22 February 1851 – 30 June 1936) was an English solicitor and Liberal Party politician. Family and education William Middlebrook was born at Birstall in the West Riding of Yorkshire the son of John Middlebrook and Eliza Priestley. His mother was a distant relation of Joseph Priestley the philosopher, theologian and scientist.The Times, 1 July 1936 p18 He was educated at Huddersfield College. In 1880 he married Alma Jackson from Morley, the daughter of William Jackson, the founder of the Peel Mills in Leeds. They had one son and two daughters.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Career Middlebrook went in for the law. He served his articles at Barton-upon-HumberThe Times, 14 February 1908 p14 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1872 or 1873. He began to practice in Birstall but later moved to Leeds and Morley, where he lived at Thornfield House, now the Masonic Lodge. He built up a large practice in which he was later joined by his son Harold. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Leeds South By-election
The 1908 Leeds South by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Leeds South in the West Riding of Yorkshire held on 13 February 1908. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal MP, John Lawson Walton. Lawson was Attorney-General in the Liberal government of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and had been MP for Leeds South since 1892 when he himself won the seat at a by-election.F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918''; Macmillan Press, 1974 p134 History Candidates Liberals The South Leeds Liberals selected William Middlebrook, a 57-year-old solicitor to be their candidate. Middlebrook had been a local councillor in Leeds and Morley and it seems that one of the reasons he was selected was his ability to give financial aid to the Leeds South Liberal Association. John Lawson Walton had had paid the salary of his political agent and Middlebrook undertook to pay the constituency £100 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
