Herbert Harvey Spencer
Herbert Harvey Spencer (1869 – 23 February 1926) [1] was an English stuff manufacturer and trader and Liberal Party politician.
Family
Spencer was married and had three sons. Two died during the First World War and the third was killed in a mountaineering accident in Canada.[2]
Career
By profession Spencer was a cotton merchant [3] and worsted manufacturer [4] and in 1925 he gave evidence to the Board of Trade safeguarding enquiry into the worsted trade.[5] He was sometime secretary to the Bradford and District Manufacturers’ Association [6] and connected to the Association of Chambers of Commerce [7] Spencer also spent some time in Australia engaged in farming and land development.[8]
Politics
1901–1918
Spencer was described as a fierce defender of
1922–1923
Spencer was however elected to the
1924
By the time of the
Appointments
In 1924, Spencer was appointed to sit on a
Golf
Spencer was a keen golfer and played in many tournaments. He also played for the House of Commons[21] and was sometime member of the Golf Championship Committee.[22]
Death
Spencer died in London on 23 February 1926 aged 56.[20]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ The Times, 15 February 1924 p14
- ^ a b The Times, 5 March 1913 p10
- ^ The Times, 12 December 1925 p12
- ^ a b The Times, 25 February 1926 p16
- ^ The Times, 18 September 1923 p14
- ^ The Times, 9 July 1924 p8
- ^ The Times, 11 April 1923 p7
- ^ The Times, 20 March 1923, p12
- ^ The Times, 18 January 1924 p7
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p220
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p102
- ^ The Times, 23 November 1923 p16
- ^ a b F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, p102
- ^ The Times, 8 April 1924 p14
- ^ The Times, 25 June 1924 p14
- ^ The Times, 26 July 1924 p12
- ^ David Dutton, A History of the Liberal Party in the Twentieth Century; Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 p98ff
- ^ The Times, 23 June 1924 p9
- ^ a b United Committee for the Taxation of Land Values, Land & Liberty: Monthly Journal for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, 1926 p69
- ^ The Times, 30 June 1924 p6
- ^ The Times, 12 May 1923 p12