Henry Maden (31 March 1892 – 17 November 1960) was an English

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and Liberal politician.

Family and education

Henry Maden was the son of Sir Henry Maden from Bacup in Lancashire. He was educated privately and attended Exeter College, Oxford where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1923 he married Alice Fletcher from Holmfirth.

Career

Maden went in for the law and was

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at the Middle Temple in 1916.

Politics

Maden contested the Lonsdale Division of Lancashire at the 1922 general election. In a three-cornered contest he came second to the Conservative candidate Capt Nigel Kennedy, with

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’s T M Scott third. However, in

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with the Liberal Party reunited after years of schism between

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and

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factions and Labour not entering the field, Maden gained Lonsdale from Kennedy with a majority of 1,010 votes. By

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the Conservatives were resurgent and Maden lost his seat in a straight fight to the new Tory candidate

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. He tried to regain Lonsdale in

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, in

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and in

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but without success. He did not stand for Parliament again.

Death

Henry Maden died aged 68 years on 17 November 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maden, Henry 1892 births 1960 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford English barristers Members of the Middle Temple UK MPs 1923–1924 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Bacup Politics of Lancashire 20th-century English lawyers