Alfred Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester
Appearance
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Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester neo-liberal activist.
Born Alfred Jesse Taylor, he was the son of Alfred George Taylor of Stowford,
First World War, reaching the rank of Major.[1]
Political career
He stood for parliament as a Liberal Party candidate four times. He was unsuccessful on each occasion:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Hon. Esmond Cecil Harmsworth | 16,116 | 61.2 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 10,226 | 38.8 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 22.4 | +6.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Viscount Wolmer | 9,131 | |||
Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 6,315 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
James Augustus Grant | 16,448 | |||
Labour | Alfred Goodere | 15,033 | |||
Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 5,647 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Harold Harington Balfour | 22,595 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor | 15,648 | 36.6 | ||
Labour | E J Plaisted | 4,490 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 6,947 | 16.3 | |||
Turnout | 73.3 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing |
In 1947 Suenson-Taylor played a significant role in gaining
EFTA parliamentarians at Strasbourg and was a Delegate to the Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union
.
Family life
He married Mara Henrietta (Mamie), daughter of Albert Suenson of Copenhagen in Denmark, in 1920, and assumed the surname of Suenson in addition to that of Taylor. He died in July 1976, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Kenneth who married the daughter of Littlewoods founder Sir John Moores. His wife died the same year.
References
- ^ Who's Who, 1938, p. 3271
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ISBN 978-1-84792-110-9.
- ^ "No. 39904". The London Gazette. 3 July 1953. p. 3677.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Summary of Lord Grantchester's career