Charles Frederick White (politician, born 1891)
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Born | Bonsall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | 23 January 1891
Died | 27 November 1956 Matlock, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | (aged 65)
Political party | Labour |
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Charles Frederick White
Family and education
White was born in Bonsall in Derbyshire in 1891, the only son of Charles Frederick White[1] and Alice Charlesworth, and had five sisters. In 1915 he married Alice Moore.[2]
His father has been politically active on behalf of the Liberals and had successfully broken the dynastic Conservative stranglehold on the Western Division of Derbyshire parliamentary seat by the Cavendish family from 1918 to his death in 1923 when the constituency returned to the Conservative fold.
Career
Registration agent and soldier
White worked as a registration agent[3] for his father during his unsuccessful campaign as a Liberal candidate for West Derbyshire in the 1910 General Election.
At the onset of the
Following the war, White again worked as his father's election agent in his successful defence of the West Derbyshire seat in 1922 and during the 1923 campaign for the same seat, which was ended by his father's death.
Local politics
White inherited his father's political activism and joined the Liberal Party. White's first political post was as a Councillor, being elected to Derbyshire County Council in 1928.[3] In the following year he was elected to Matlock Urban District Council. At the 1929 General Election he stood as Liberal candidate for Hanley, finishing third.[5]
In 1930 White resigned from the Liberal party, and joined Oswald Mosley's New Party for three months soon after it was established, thinking it would be a radical left-wing organisation. In common with many other early supporters, he left as soon as the fascist character of the movement became clear, but this was to become a point of contention during his later political career.
White subsequently joined the Labour party, continuing his municipal activities in the meantime, and he was selected as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for West Derbyshire in 1937.
National politics
1938
In 1938, White stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate
1944
In 1944, despite being the official Labour prospective parliamentary candidate at the time the by-election was announced, White broke the
1945-1950
By 1945, White had been reconciled with the official
During his time in Parliament, White's limited contributions to debate[11] focused mostly on agricultural and labour issues together with electoral reform. Whilst serving as an MP, White also became Chair of Derbyshire County Council in 1946, a post he held for the next decade.
Post 1950
Following his departure from Parliament, White remained active in local and regional politics. As well as being chair of the County Council, in 1951 he was a member of the East Midlands Transport Users Consultative Committee,[12] and was the first chair of the Peak District National Park Board.[13]
Death
White died in 1956.[citation needed]
Recognition
White was appointed a
In 1956, a secondary school in Matlock was named the Charles White Secondary Modern[15] in recognition of both father & son's contributions to the local area. The school was later merged with another to form the extant Highfields school.
References
- ^ a b Who was Who, OUP 2007
- ^ Derby Daily Telegraph, Thur 14 Jan 1915, pg 4
- ^ a b c The Derbyshire Labour Movement: 1939-1945, accessed 14 May 2016
- ^ British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, ref 11630, www.ancestry.com
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1929
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p 326
- ^ Paul Addison in Chris Cook & John Ramsden (eds.), By-elections in British Politics; UCL Press, 1997 pp142-144
- ^ The Gazette, Montreal, Feb 14, 1944, pg 23, [1]
- ^ Ottawa Citizen, 16 Feb 1944, pg 63,[2]
- ^ "Not updated: UK General Election results: July 1945". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Search for 01/01/1944..01/01/1951 (speaker:Hon. Charles White OR speaker:Mr Charles White OR speaker:Mr Charles White)". TheyWorkForYou.
- ^ Hansard 30 July 1951, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1951/jul/30/consultative-committees-membership
- ^ "Being First « Jim Dixon's Blog". Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ London Gazette, issue no. 39104, published 29 December 1950, pg 12
- ^ "Matlock and Matlock Bath : Schools in earlier times". Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.