Sir Edward Lancelot Mallalieu (14 March 1905 – 11 November 1979), known as Lance Mallalieu, was a British politician. Of Huguenot origin, a son of

Frederick Mallalieu Frederick William Mallalieu (1860 – 10 May 1932) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Son of woollen manufacturer and ironworks company chairman Henry Mallalieu (1831-1902), J.P., of Delph Lodge, Delph, Saddleworth, near Ol ...

, a Member of Parliament, Mallalieu's ancestors had settled at

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in the early 1600s, where they lived in humble circumstances working as weavers. Frederick Mallalieu's father, Henry (1831–1902), was a self-made businessman, at the age of twelve a hand-loom weaver, but becoming a woolen manufacturer, chairman of ironworks companies, and the magistrate. Lancelot Mallalieu was educated at the

Dragon School ("Reach for the Sun") , established = 1877 , closed = , type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Emma Goldsm ...

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Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Huggett ...

and Trinity College, Oxford. At the 1931 general election, Mallalieu was elected as the Liberal Party

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(MP) for

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. His win was notable as it was a gain from

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despite the presence of a Conservative candidate, unusual for 1931. His predecessor was the Labour

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Philip Snowden, who had decided to stand down. His father

had been MP for the same seat from 1916 to 1922. Mallalieu was a member of the main Liberal group in parliament led by

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. He followed his leader into opposition in 1933. He served until the 1935 general election, when he lost his seat to Labour's Ernest Marklew. After joining the Labour Party, he returned to the House of Commons in 1948, at a by-election on 24 March in the Brigg constituency, where he served as MP until he retired in 1974. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Commons from 1971 to 1974. Mallalieu was

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in the 1979 Dissolution Honours.

Family

Edward Mallalieu's brother,

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, was Labour MP for

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from 1945 to 1950, then for

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from 1950 to 1979. Sir William Mallalieu's daughter,

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, has been a Labour

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since 1991. His uncle, Albert Henry Mallalieu, was head of that family of Tan-y-Marian, Llandudno.On Larkhill, J. P. W. Mallalieu, Allison & Busby, 1983, p. 21

Arms

References

External links

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Colne Valley Liberal Democrats: political history, Edward Mallalieu
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