Sir Robert Aske, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert William Aske, 1st Baronet JP (29 December 1872 – 10 March 1954) was a barrister and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Family
Aske was born a son of Edward Aske. In 1899 he married Edith McGregor. She died in 1900. In 1909 he married Edith Cockerline. They had two sons and two daughters. She died in 1918.[1][2]
Military career
Aske was a part-time soldier, commissioned into a Volunteer battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment on 9 February 1898 and was promoted to Lt-Colonel and commanding officer of the 5th (Cyclist) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment of the Territorial Force (TF) on 20 October 1910. He mobilised the battalion in August 1914 and commanded it on coast defence duties during the early years of World War I.[2][3][4] He retired from the battalion and was transferred to the TF Reserve on 24 December 1917;[5] he was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 22 May 1918.[6]
Political career
He first stood for parliament in 1910, contesting
He was knighted in 1911.[8] He was created a baronet in the 1922 New Year Honours.[9][10] He served as a Justice of the peace in Surrey. He served as Deputy Sheriff of Hull on three occasions.[11]
Electoral record
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Seymour King | 3,606 | 50.1 | −7.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Aske | 3,586 | 49.9 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.2 | −15.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,192 | 87.9 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,181 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Seymour King | 3,625 | 51.5 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Robert Aske | 3,418 | 48.5 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 207 | 3.0 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,043 | 86.1 | -1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,181 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Sykes | 3,823 | 51.9 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Robert Aske | 3,545 | 48.1 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 278 | 3.8 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,368 | 84.6 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,712 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Aske | 12,656 | 52.3 | +22.3 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 11,532 | 47.7 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 1,124 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,188 | 73.2 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 33,066 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Connolly
|
13,120 | 46.4 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Aske | 12,776 | 45.1 | −7.2 | |
Unionist
|
William Temple | 2,420 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 344 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,316 | 83.9 | +10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 33,737 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Aske | 17,856 | 51.3 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Martin Connolly
|
16,921 | 48.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 935 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,777 | 79.4 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 43,797 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Robert Aske | 24,552 | 63.4 | ||
Labour | Maurice Alexander | 14,176 | 36.6 | ||
Majority | 10,346 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 86.5 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Robert Aske | 23,146 | 58.60 | ||
Labour | Bernard Benjamin Gillis | 16,322 | 41.4 | ||
Majority | 6,824 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 81.3 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
- ^ a b (1 December 2007). Aske, Sir Robert William, (1872–10 March 1954), QC 1934. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Ed. Retrieved 10 Apr. 2019, from http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-234194.
- ^ Army List, various dates.
- ^ London Gazette, 19 August 1910.
- ^ London Gazette, 25 January 1918.
- ^ London Gazette, 22 May 1918.
- ^ Chairman of the Hull and District Liberal Federation
- ^ "No. 28469". The London Gazette. 24 February 1911. p. 1469.
- ^ "No. 32563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1921. p. 10710.
- ^ "No. 32668". The London Gazette. 11 April 1922. p. 2916.
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1929; Politico's Publishing, 2003 p. 52
- ^ a b c British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, FWS Craig