John Frederick Loverseed (22 December 1881 – 14 August 1928) was a British

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politician.

Family and Education

Loverseed was the son of a

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builder and contractor. He was educated at Southwell Grammar School and

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Hall. In 1910 he married Katherine Thurman of

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. They had one son. In religion he was a

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and in 1924 he was a Member of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference.

Career

From 1899 to 1905 Loverseed was engaged in farming. In 1914 he entered the services becoming a Captain and Adjutant in the 5th Battalion,

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and in 1916 was military representative for tribunals in

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Politics

From 1908 to 1913 he was Agent to Sir

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, Coalition Liberal MP for

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from 1906 to 1923 and later for Gainsborough 1923–24. In 1922 he was Agent to Major S G Howard, the Coalition Liberal MP for

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from 1918 to 1922. Loverseed was also active in local politics in Suffolk, being a

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and a

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lor in

from 1919 and serving as

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of Sudbury for two terms from 1921 to 1923. At the 1923 general election Loverseed was elected Liberal MP for Sudbury, beating the sitting Unionist Colonel

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. Mercer had beaten Loverseed's old chief Stephen Howard at the 1922 general election with a majority of 1,888 votes but Loverseed turned this into a Liberal majority of 665. However Loverseed only held the seat for a year, losing to Conservative Henry Walter Burton at the 1924 general election.

Other public service

Loverseed took a great interest in local education in his region. He was Chairman of

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of Sudbury Grammar School, a Governor of East Anglian School,

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and of King Edward VI's School, Bury St Edmunds as well as being a Governor of the Girls’ Secondary School, Sudbury. He served on West Suffolk Education Committee and Standing Joint Committee. He was created a

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in Suffolk in 1924.

Son also an MP

His son

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was an

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in the

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and was elected Common Wealth MP for Eddisbury in

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, from 1943 to 1945. He joined the Labour Party in 1944 and fought Eddisbury again at the 1945 general election this time losing to a

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. In May 1955 he stood against

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unsuccessfully for South Lewisham as an Independent

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loverseed, Frederick Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 1881 births 1928 deaths