Isaac Foot
Violet Bonham-Carter | |
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| Succeeded by | Elliott Dodds |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1880 |
| Relatives | Paul, Sarah, and Oliver (grandchildren) |
| Profession | Solicitor |
Isaac Foot (23 February 1880 – 13 December 1960) was a British Liberal politician and solicitor.[1]
Early life
Isaac Foot was born in
He became a member of the Liberal Party, and in 1907 was elected to Plymouth City Council, of which he remained a member for twenty years, serving as Deputy Mayor in 1920.[2] As Deputy Mayor he represented Plymouth in the United States for the celebrations of the Mayflower's tercentenary.[4]
Parliamentary career
Foot first stood for parliament in
Foot was elected as Member of Parliament for Bodmin at a by-election in February 1922, retaining his seat in the general elections of 1922 and 1923. He lost his seat in October 1924 but regained it in the 1929 general election, when the Liberals took all five Cornish seats.[2] He held the seat until he lost again in the 1935 general election.
Foot served on the
In 1931 he became
He fought two more elections, at St Ives in 1937, and Tavistock in 1945, losing both.[2]
After parliament
In 1936 he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council.
Foot was a
In 1945 he was chosen unanimously as
Foot also built up a library of over 70,000 books at his home near
Personal life
Foot was married to Eva Mackintosh, daughter of Angus Mackintosh. Eva died in 1946. Foot married Catherine Elizabeth Taylor, née Dawe (born Liskeard 1894) in St Germans in 1951, who survived him.
Four of the Foots' sons followed their father into public life.
- Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (1905–1978), a Liberal, later Labour, Member of Parliament and Solicitor General.
- Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907–1990), a senior diplomat and member of the House of Lords.
- John Mackintosh Foot, Baron Foot (1909–1999), Liberal politician and life peer.
- Michael Mackintosh Foot (1913–2010), Labour Member of Parliament and later Leader of the Labour Party (1980–83).
The Foots also had two daughters, Margaret and Jennifer, and one other son, Christopher, who went into the family law practice.
He died on 13 December 1960 in his sleep at his home in Callington, Cornwall, England. He was 80.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Thorne, Roger F. S. "Foot family". A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 1-902301-09-9.
- ^ History of Foot-Anstey Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 13 April 2008
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1936
- ^ "ISAAC FOOT, 80, A BRITISH LEADER; Former Liberal Member of Parliament Dead -- Author Had Well-Known Sons". The New York Times. 14 December 1960. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
