Cecil Henry Wilson (8 September 1862 – 7 November 1945) was a British

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(MP).

Biography

Born in

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, the son of Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Holmfirth,

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, Wilson attended

Wesley College, Sheffield Wesley College, a school to educate the sons of the laity, opened in 1838 in new buildings designed by William Flockton on Glossop Road, Sheffield, England. It was founded by Rev. Samuel Dousland Waddy (1804–1876) to "supply a generally sup ...

and the Victoria University of Manchester. In 1903 Wilson was elected to Sheffield City Council for the Darnall ward, a seat he held until 1924. He became a

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in 1907. He also joined the National Anti-Gambling League, coming to chair it by the early 1920s. From 1919 until 1922 Wilson was the Labour group leader on Sheffield City Council. At the 1922 general election, Wilson was elected MP for Sheffield Attercliffe. He held the seat until the 1931 general election, when he narrowly lost to the

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candidate

Cecil Frederick Pike Cecil Frederick Pike (26 February 1898 – 12 May 1968) was a British politician. Born in Bromley, Kent, after studying at Owens College in Manchester, Pike joined the Conservative Party. He stood unsuccessfully for the party in Rother Valley ...

. However, he retook the seat at the 1935 general election. Wilson resigned on 7 February 1944 due to ill health, and died in November the following year in

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aged 83.

References

*Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Cecil Henry 1862 births 1945 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politics of Sheffield Alumni of the University of Manchester UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1935–1945 English pacifists People from Mansfield People educated at Wesley College, Sheffield Anti-gambling advocates Parliamentary Peace Aims Group