Laurence George Bowman
Laurence George Bowman (16 March 1866 – 21 November 1950), was a British Liberal Party politician and headmaster.
Background
He was born in Poland when it was part of Tsarist Russia, and brought to England in 1870.
Educational career
He was Assistant Master at
Political career
He was a supporter of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Alfred Lane Beit
|
11,976 | 51.0 | ||
Labour | Dr Santo Wayburn Jeger
|
10,340 | 44.0 | ||
Liberal | Laurence George Bowman | 1,181 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 1,636 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 23,497 | 60.4 |
He was re-adopted by local Liberal Association and continued as prospective parliamentary candidate until the outbreak of war[13] By the time of the next General Election in 1945, he had been replaced as candidate and did not stand for parliament again.[14] He was President of South Hendon Division Liberal Association.[15]
Ruth Abrahams
His daughter, born in 1894 as Ruth Bowman, in 1914 married Sidney Abrahams, who was later knighted.[16] They had two children, Valerie and Anthony.[17]
As Lady Abrahams, she was also politically active in the Liberal Party. She stood for parliament on three occasions; Orpington in 1950, Nottingham East in 1951 and Wembley North in 1955.[18]
References
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- ^ Land & Liberty, 1945
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- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
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- ^ ‘ABRAHAMS, Rt Hon. Sir Sidney Solomon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 October 2017
- ^ ‘ABRAHAMS, Anthony Claud Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, April 2016 accessed 3 October 2017
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1950-55.