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James Childs Gould
James Childs Gould (9 September 1882 – 2 July 1944) was a British industrialist and Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central from 1918 to 1924. Personal life Gould was born in Penarth, the son of Richard Gould, a stonemason from Devon. He was brought up in Canton, Cardiff, and educated at Higher Grade School, Cardiff. In 1906 he married May B. Flagg, of Grand Manan, New Brunswick. Career Gould left school at the age of 14 and started work for 4 shillings a week. In 1901 he obtained a position as an ordinary sailor on the ship ''Clan Graham'', and sailed for South Africa where he worked as a piecemeal laborer. He later moved from South Africa to New York where he worked for an insurance company.(n.a.) "Millionaire Shipbuilder, Twice bankrupt, Dies". ''Manchester Evening News'' (06 July 1944); p. 3, column 3 In 1912 he opened his own insurance company in London with offices in Belgium and Germany. The business closed withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
