Sir Arthur Harbord, (12 December 1865 – 24 February 1941) was a British Liberal, later Liberal National politician. Harbord was educated at the British School and at Winchester House School in

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. He was married to Charlotte Belward and they had two daughters. Harbord commenced his political career with his election to the Great Yarmouth Board of Guardians in 1894 and was its chairman for four years. In 1898 he won election to the Town Council, of which he was created an Alderman in 1916. He served as Mayor of Great Yarmouth in 1917–18, 1918–19 and again from 1934–35. He was a

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and served on many local government, other public and charitable committees. He was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for

at the 1922 general election and won again in

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. However he lost the seat in

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. He won the division back at the 1929 general election. In the Liberal split of September 1931 when

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formed the National Liberal group in Parliament to continue giving support to the

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of prime minister

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, Harbord decided to leave the official Liberals led by Herbert Samuel and join the Simonites. He held Great Yarmouth as a Liberal National at the 1931 general election and again in

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. He represented the seat until his death in 1941. He was appointed a CBE in 1935 for political and public serviceThe Times, 3.6.35 and

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in 1939.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harbord, Arthur 1865 births 1941 deaths People from Great Yarmouth Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Mayors of places in Norfolk Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth