Bertram Falle, 1st Baron Portsea

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Bertram Godfray Falle, 1st Baron Portsea (21 November 1859 – 1 November 1948), known as Sir Bertram Falle, Bt, between 1916 and 1930, was a Jersey-born barrister and politician in the United Kingdom.

Background and education

Falle was born on

Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, having been called to the bar, Inner Temple, in 1885.[2] In 1901 he graduated from the University of Paris with a Bachelor en droit degree.[1]

Legal and political career

Falle was a judge of the Native Court in Egypt from 1901 to 1903.

Coalition Conservative for the new single-seat Portsmouth North constituency.[4] Re-elected as a Conservative in 1922, he held the seat until his elevation to the peerage in 1934. Falle was made a baronet of Plaisance in the Island of Jersey, on 7 July 1916.[5] In 1934 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Portsea, of Portsmouth in the County of Southampton.[6] The title was apparently purchased for £50,000 by his wife.[7]

Personal life

Falle married Mary, daughter of

States of Jersey which became the "Lord Portsea Gift Fund". The fund assists people from the Channel Islands who are unable to obtain sufficient financial support for additional training, re-training or specialised equipment to benefit their careers in the employment of the States of Jersey or of Guernsey, or of the United Kingdom.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e thepeerage.com Bertram Godfrey Falle, 1st and last Baron Portsea
  2. ^ "Falle, Bertram Godfray (post Baron Portsea) (FL879BG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Plymouth to Putney". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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  5. ^ "No. 29744". The London Gazette. 12 September 1916. p. 8903.
  6. ^ "No. 34015". The London Gazette. 16 January 1934. p. 386.
  7. ^ Porter, Henry (18 February 2007). "It's vain and venal, but let's trust the Lords". The Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  8. ^ Lord Portsea Gift Fund Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Baker
 Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
Jan. 1910 – 1918
With: Lord Charles Beresford, 1910–1916;
Sir Hedworth Meux, Bt, 1916–1918 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North
1918 – 1934 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baronet

(of Plaisance)
1917–1948 		Extinct
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baron Portsea

1934–1948 		Extinct
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