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Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth
Matthew Lewis Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth (17 December 1840 – 21 August 1935) was a Wales, Welsh Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician and was Liberal MP for the Cardiganshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cardiganshire Division from 1895 until 1921. Background He was born at Tan-y-Bwlch, Aberystwyth, Tan-y-Bwlch, Ceredigion, Cardiganshire, the only son of Matthew Davies of Tan-y-Bwlch.Debrett's House of Commons 1901 He was educated at Harrow School, but only stayed for a year. He married, in 1889, Mrs Mary Jenkins. She died in 1926. They had no children. Early political career He served as High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1875. He served as a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant in Cardiganshire. He was the Conservative candidate in the seat in 1885 but then went over to William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone. In 1889, Vaughan Davies sought election as Conservative candidate for Llanfarian at the inaugural Cardiganshire County Council elections bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcondale
Falcondale () is a hamlet in the Community (Wales), community of Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, and occupies a low bluff overlooking the Nant Creuddyn north-west of Lampeter. Falcondale is represented in the Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament, Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and the Member of Parliament is Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru). Located 59.3 miles (95.4 km) from Cardiff and 174.8 miles (281.3 km) from London. A single track road (the South Drive) can be found on the A475 from Lampeter towards Newcastle Emlyn and Cardigan, Ceredigion, Cardigan. The road contains bungalows mostly built in the 1980s. A second single track road (The North Drive) can be found on the A482 from Lampeter to Aberaeron, where workers' cottages are, Home Farm and a coach house dating from 1859. Both drives meet in the centre where the main house is situated, also called Falcondale, which was grade II listed in November 1992. History There were three estates in and around Lampeter, Maesyfelin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Collings
Jesse Collings (2 December 1831 – 20 November 1920) was Mayor of Birmingham, England, a Liberal (later Liberal Unionist) member of Parliament, but was best known nationally in the UK as an advocate of educational reform and land reform.Ashby, A. W. (2004) 'Jesse Collings', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', revised by Matthew, H. C. G. , pp. 668–9, Vol. 12, Oxford: Oxford University Press Background Collings was the youngest son of Thomas Collings, Littleham-cum-Exmouth, Devon, and Annie Palmer. His father was a bricklayer, who later established a small building firm. He was educated at a Dame School and for a time at Church House School, Stoke, Plymouth. He started work as a shop assistant aged 15 years, later becoming a clerk and a traveller for an ironmongery firm. In 1850, he started working for Booth and Company, a firm of ironmongers in Birmingham; in 1864 he became a partner in the renamed business, ''Collings and Wallis''. In 1879, he retired from the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Of The House
Father of the House is a title that has been traditionally bestowed, unofficially, on certain members of some legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. In some legislatures the title refers to the longest continuously serving member, while in others it refers to the oldest member. Recently, the title Mother of the House or Mother of Parliament has also been used, although the usage varies among countries; it is either the female alternative to Father of the House, being applied when the relevant member is a woman, or refers to the oldest or longest-serving woman without reference to male members. United Kingdom The Father of the House is a title that is bestowed on the senior male member of the House of Commons who has the longest continuous service. If two or more members have the same length of current uninterrupted service, then whoever was sworn in earlier, as listed in ''Hansard'', is named as Father of the House. Traditionally, however, the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Evans (politician)
Ernest Evans (18 May 1885 – 18 January 1965) was a Liberal Party politician from Wales. Family and education Ernest Evans was born at Aberystwyth, the son of Evan Evans, the Clerk to the Cardiganshire County Council and his wife Annie Davies. He was educated at Llandovery College, at the University College of Wales, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was President of the Union in 1909. He was also active in Cambridge University Liberal Club, serving as its president between 1908 and 1909. In 1925, he married Constance Anne, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, draper, of Hadley Wood. They had three sons. Career On leaving university Evans went in for the law. He was called to the Bar in 1910 and he practised both in London and on the South Wales Circuit. He was sometime chairman of Cardiganshire and Anglesey Quarter Sessions.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 During the First World War he served with the Royal Army Service Corps in France from 1915 to 1918 and was promoted to the ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Cardiganshire By-election
The 1921 Cardiganshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Cardiganshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cardiganshire on 18 February 1921. The election was important for the bitterness of the contest between the Coalition Government 1916-1922, Coalition and H H Asquith, Independent factions within the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party and the deepening of this division within the party as a factor in the long-term decline of Liberalism in Wales. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the desire of Prime Minister David Lloyd George to find a Parliamentary seat for his private secretary Captain Ernest Evans (politician), Ernest Evans. Lloyd George persuaded the sitting Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP, Matthew Vaughan-Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, Matthew Vaughan-Davies, who had represented the constituency for more than twenty-five years, to accept a peerage so creating an opportunity for Evans to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a Vacancy (economics), vacancy arises at another time, due to death or Resignation from the British House of Commons, resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1921 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 31 December 1920. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. British Empire Baron * Sir William Beardmore, ., Chairman and Managing Director of William Beardmore & Co., Ltd.; Chairman of the Industrial Welfare Society. For public services. * Sir Ernest Cable, Ex-President of Bengal Chamber of Commerce; Ex-Sheriff of Calcutta. Prominently identified with development of India. * Mathew Lewis Vaughan-Davies, , Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire for 26 years. * The Right Honourable Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, , Lord Mayor of London 1918-19. For public services. * Colonel James Alexander Francis Humberston S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Cardigan
Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Aberystwyth is the largest settlement and, together with Aberaeron, is an administrative centre of Ceredigion County Council. The county is the second most sparsely populated in Wales, with an area of and a population of 71,500; the latter is a decline of 4,492 since the 2011 census. After Aberystwyth (15,935), the largest towns are Cardigan (4,184) and Lampeter (2,970). Ceredigion is considered a centre of Welsh culture and 45.3% of the population could speak the Welsh language at the 2021 census. To the west, Ceredigion has of coastline on Cardigan Bay, which is traversed by the Ceredigion Coast Path. Its hinterland is hilly and rises to the Cambrian Mountains in the east, where the highest point is Plynlimon at . The mountains are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England began to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1801 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 1910 United Kingdom General Election
The January 1910 UK general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. Called amid a constitutional crisis after the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative-dominated House of Lords rejected the People's Budget, the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal government, seeking a mandate, lost their majority. The result was a hung parliament: Arthur Balfour’s Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives and their Liberal Unionist Party, Liberal Unionist allies won the most votes, but H. H. Asquith, Asquith’s Liberal Party (UK), Liberals secured the most seats, edging out the Conservatives by two. With Irish Parliamentary Party support, Asquith remained in power. Another election followed in December 1910 United Kingdom general election, December. The Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, led by Arthur Henderson, returned 40 MPs. Much of this apparent increase (from the 29 Labour MPs elected in 1906) came from the defection, a few years earlier, of Liberal-Labour (UK), Lib Lab MPs from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 United Kingdom General Election
The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. It is dubbed the "Liberal landslide": the opposition Liberal Party (UK), Liberals under Henry Campbell-Bannerman won a landslide victory against a bewildered Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, in which its leader, Arthur Balfour, lost his seat; the party won the lowest number of seats it ever had in its history, a nadir unsurpassed until 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. This particular landslide is now ranked alongside the 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924, 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931, 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945, 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983, 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997, 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001, and 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general elections as one of the largest landslide election victories. The Labour Party (UK)#Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906), Labour Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
