Eugene Ramsden, 1st Baron Ramsden
Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden, 1st Baron Ramsden OBE (2 February 1883 – 9 August 1955), known as Sir Eugene Ramsden, Bt between 1938 and 1945, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Background
Ramsden was the son of James Ramsden, of The Wheatleys in
Political career
Ramsden stood unsuccessfully for the Spen Valley constituency in West Yorkshire at the 1923 general election, held by the senior Liberal John Simon. He came third, with 22% of the votes, behind Labour. He did not stand again in Spen Valley, and at the 1924 general election he contested the marginal seat of Bradford North, where the Liberal Walter Rea had been elected in 1923 with a majority of only 173. Ramsden won the seat with a majority of 2,017, but was defeated at the 1929 general election by Labour's Norman Angell.
The Labour vote collapsed at the
Ramsden was a council member of the British Council, and is named in the council's charter, granted in 1940.[6] He was described in 1927 as a "whole-hearted and keen Imperialist".[7]
Personal life
Lord Ramsden married Margaret Enid, daughter of Frank Eugene Withey and widow of Major George Wells Farwell, in 1919. He died in August 1955, aged 72, after which the baronetcy and barony became extinct.[1]
Arms
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References
- ^ a b thepeerage.com Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden, 1st and last Baron Ramsden
- ^ See Craig, op. cit.
- ^ "No. 33916". The London Gazette. 28 February 1933. p. 1355.
- ^ "No. 34529". The London Gazette. 8 July 1938. p. 4399.
- ^ "No. 37193". The London Gazette. 24 July 1945. p. 3835.
- ^ ethics.iit.edu Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ dispatch from the Australian High Commission in London
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- UK General Elections since 1832 Archived 5 May 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, Cengage Learning. 1980- 2009.
- ISBN 1-872273-01-7.