Ernest Griffith Price (13 May 1870 – 5 January 1962) was a British

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, later

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politician and

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Family and education

Price was the son of John T Griffith Price of Ilford in

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. He was educated at Ilford College. In 1900 he married Maude Ethel Marshall, the daughter of an army Major and

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from

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Business career

Price went into business as a contractor. He became a director of various companies, most importantly of Bridge Wharves Co. Ltd and Shepwood Partition Brick Co. Ltd. He was also a director of B.Goodman & Co., demolition contractors. Price was sometime President of his

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and Past Master of the

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in the

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Politics

One source indicates that Price was a

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in politics but at the 1922 general election he was elected

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for

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as a National Liberal, that is a supporter of the former prime minister

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. At the election his Liberal opponent was Dr

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once a strong supporter of Lloyd George himself. Addison polled over 6,000 votes but finished bottom of the poll. However, Price could not aggregate the former Liberal and National Liberal at the

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and he lost the seat to

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even though he had no Conservative opponent. Price was also a member of the Board of Management of the Reedham Orphanage in Purley.

Death

He died aged 91 on 5 January 1962.The Times, 6.1.62

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Ernest Griffith 1870 births 1962 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 People from Ilford National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians