Rowland Hunt
Rowland Hunt (13 March 1858 – 30 November 1943) was an English politician. The
Early life and family
Born at
Hunt was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1]
He served with
Hunt was a county cricketer for Shropshire, mainly as a wicket keeper, between 1879 and 1881.[8] and later Master of Foxhounds of the Wheatland Hunt in Shropshire.[6]
In 1890,
Political career
During a parliamentary debate on the bill which became the Representation of the People Act 1918, he opposed the extension of the voting franchise to women:
"There are obvious disadvantages about having women in Parliament. I do not know what is going to be done about their hats. How is a poor little man to get on with a couple of women wearing enormous hats in front of him?"[11]
Hunt was also
In local government, Hunt was one of the founder members of
He died at Lindley Green, Broseley, Shropshire, in November 1943 aged 85.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Arthur G. M., Hesilridge (1916). Debrett's House of Commons and The Judicial Bench 1916. London: Dean & Son. p. 85. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
- ^ ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34054. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c "Election Intelligence". The Times. London, England. 8 December 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 20 June 2017 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ a b c d Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1942. p. 983.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Major Rowland Hunt". The Times. London, England. 1 December 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 20 June 2017 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 17, 46.
- ^ Border Counties Advertizer August 1890
- ^ "Obituary: Mr Jasper More, MP". The Times. London, England. 27 November 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 20 June 2017 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Gillett, Francesca (29 April 2018). "Women's suffrage: 10 reasons why men opposed votes for women". BBC News. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Jay P. Corrin, Catholic Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democracy (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002)