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Chapter 2: Letters 1911
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
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Thank thee darling for thy letter I am so glad to know thou art feeling better but hope that thou willst take things quietly these next few days.
The old doubts of last year are ever more rising up – this indefinite life oppresses me despite its great interest. Last night the debate was poor. Balfour was very clever over Winston [and] the photographer and later in the evening Ramsay MacDonald was good. This afternoon the mixed marriage case (McCann) has been cleverly exposed by Devlin as simply a political dodge and there seems little left of the scandal which has been worked by the Orangemen so much. The morning I spent at the office and with Parke and then lunched with the Nation contributors.
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1 In the debate on the Address, Balfour had chided Churchill for his publicity-seeking visit to police operations against some alleged anarchists in the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’; ‘I understand what the photographer was doing, but what was the Right Hon. Gentleman doing?’; Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXI, 55.Google Scholar
2 James Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937), Lab. MP Leicester 1906–1918, Aberavon 1922–1929, Seaham 1929–1935 (Nat. Lab. from 1931), Combined Scottish Univs 1936–1937; Leader Lab. Party 1911–1914, 1922–1931, Prime Minister 1924, 1929–1935, Ld Pres. of the Council 1935–1937.
3 McCann case; Mr McCann, a Belfast Catholic, left his wife, taking his two young children with him and leaving Mrs McCann, a Presbyterian, no clue to their whereabouts. Unionists claimed this had occurred with the connivance of the local Catholic priests, who wished to ensure the children were brought up as Catholics. The case received much publicity in Ulster at the December 1910 elections.
4 Joseph Devlin (1872–1934), Irish Nat. MP North Kilkenny 1902–1906, West Belfast 1906–1922, Fermanagh and Tyrone 1929–1934; the leading figure in Irish Nationalism in Belfast.
5 314 Camden Rd; home of Hannah Elizabeth Gillett, A.S.R.'s aunt.
6 Alice Irene Thompson (1887–1955), daughter of Prof. Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1851–1916), physicist and Quaker, originally from York; Principal of City and Guilds of London Technical Institute at Finsbury 1885–1916.
7 T.E. Harvey had been Warden of Toynbee Hall since 1906; he resigned in 1911 after his marriage.
8 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXII, 565–581Google Scholar for Balfour on the 2nd Reading of the Parlt Bill.
9 Frank Lionel Player Sturge (1871–1948), schoolmaster at Bootham School 1906–1919, Warden of Woodbrooke 1919–1931.
10 Edith Maria Rowntree (1870–1955), sister of A.S.R.; m. Frank Sturge 1 August 1911.
11 Sir Edward Grey (1862–1933), Lib. MP Berwick-on-Tweed 1885–1916, when cr. Vt Grey; PS Foreign Office 1892–1895, Foreign Sec. 1905–1916; succ. as 3rd Bt 1882; KG 1912.
12 In reply to a backbench motion censuring the increase in arms spending, Grey suggested the government might take up President Taft's suggestion of a wide-ranging Treaty of Arbitration; Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXII, 1977–1992.Google Scholar
13 Edward Tumour (1883–1962), Con. MP Horsham 1904–1951; US India 1922–1924, 1924–1929, Ghane. Duchy of Lancaster 1937–1939, Paymaster-Gen. 1939; succ. as 6th Ld Winterton in Irish peerage 1907; cr. Ld Tumour in UK peerage 1952.
14 John Archibald Murray Macdonald (1854–1939), Lib. MP Bow and Bromley 1892–1895, Falkirk 1906–1922.
15 Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby (1871–1946), Lib. MP Stirling 1908–1918, Lab. MP Sheffield, Brightside 1922–1930, when cr. Ld Ponsonby of Shulbrede; PS Ministry of Transport 1929–1931, Ghane. Duchy of Lancaster 1931, Leader Lab. Party in HofL 1931–1935. Former diplomat and leading back-bench critic of Grey's foreign policy.
16 The Adult School Movement.
17 James Henry Doncaster, Sheffield steel manufacturer and s. of Hannah Mary Doncaster, sister-in-law of A.S.R.'s stepmother.
18 In the debate on arms increases on 13 March 1911 A.S.R. had voted for Macdonald and Ponsonby's motion criticizing the government. Torkshire Herald, 15 03 1911Google Scholar denounced A.S.R. for joining ‘the motley crew of faddists and cranks who have “bees in their bonnets”’.
19 Hamar Greenwood m. Margery Spencer (1886–1968), 23 May 1911.
20 Theodore Hotham Rowntree (1867–1949), and his wife, Katherine Lucy (nee Burtt) (1870–1971), A.S.R.'s brother and sister-in-law. Theodore was Sec. of Rowntree & Co. 1897–1924 and Lib. councillor for Bootham on York Council 1912–1919.
21 George James Howard (1843–1911), Lib. MP East Cumberland 1879–1880, 1881–1885 but LU from 1886; succ. as gth Earl of Carlisle 1889; landowner and painter.
22 Lady Dorothy Georgiana Howard, (1881–1968), daughter of 9th Earl of Carlisle; m. Francis Eden, 6th Ld Henley, 1913.
23 John W. Armes, gardener at Chalfonts.
24 The second reading of Sir George Kemp's Women's Enfranchisement Bill. A.S.R. attended and voted for the measure.
25 Parliament Bill, 1911.
26 John St Loe Strachey (1860–1927), owner and Ed. The Spectator 1897–1925. Anti-gambling activist and most vociferous Con. critic of the Cadburys and Rowntrees over the Star's continued coverage of betting news under their ownership.
27 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXIV, 1808–1881Google Scholar for Con. amendment to Park Bill providing for a referendum on disputed bills.
28 Phoebe Doncaster (1847–1924), sister of A.S.R.'s stepmother, Helen Doncaster Rowntree. The meeting at the Guildhall on 28 April 1911 was to promote an arbitration treaty between Britain and the USA. Asquith proposed the motion and Balfour was the seconder.
29 John Edward Redmond (1856–1918), Irish Nat. MP New Ross 1881–1885, N. Wexford 1885–1891, Waterford 1891–1918, Leader Parnellite Nats 1891–1900, Irish Nats 1900–1918.
30 Sir John Benjamin Stone (1838–1914), Con. MP Birmingham East 1895–January 1910; kt. 1892; official photographer for 1911 Coronation.
31 A.S.R. (and T.E. Harvey) voted for a Labour amendment to remove the preamble from the Parlt Bill which committed the goverment to reforming the second chamber; Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXV, 445–558 for the debate. The motion was lost 218–47.Google Scholar
32 Sebastian William Meyer (1856–1946), York Quaker; Lib. Councillor Bootham 1902–1907, alderman from 1907.
33 Hon. Mrs Caroline Wilkinson (d. 1929), daughter of 3rd Ld Decies; m. 1886 Lt-Col. George Wilkinson of Dringhouses Manor, York. She and Mrs Meyer were Pres. and Hon. Sec. of the York branch of the National Union of Womens' Suffrage Societies.
34 George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright; the play was probably Fanny's First Play (1911).Google Scholar
35 Joseph Theodore Wigham (1874–1951), Irish Quaker and doctor.
36 Maurice Birley, Warden of Toynbee Hall 1911–1914.
37 John Gordon Swift MacNeill (1849–1926), Irish Nat. MP Donegal South 1887–1918; eminent lawyer, wit, and parliamentary troublemaker.
38 Sir John Nicholson Barran (1872–1952), Lib. MP Hawick 1909–1918; PPS H. Samuel 1910–1914, Sir E. Grey 1915, H.H. Asquith 1915–1916; succ.as 2nd Bt 1905.
39 Christopher Thomas Needham (1866–1944), Lib. MP Manchester SW December 1910–1918; kt. 1919.
40 Flounders Trust; Quaker trust founded to promote the training of teachers.
41 Dr Egbert Coleby Morland (1874–1955) and his wife Mary Windsor (nee Latchmore) (1873–1948), a school friend and cousin of M.K.R.; Quakers who lived in Switzerland. Egbert was Ed. The Lancet 1937–1944.Google Scholar
42 Roger Clark (1871–1961), Sec. C. & J. Clark Shoes of Street, Somerset; a school friend of A.S.R. and prominent Quaker; Clerk of YM 1920–1928.
43 On 16 May 1911 George V unveiled the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buck-ingham Palace. He was accompanied by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had arrived the previous day to attend the Coronation.
44 Sir John Alexander Dewar (1856–1929), Lib. MP Inverness 1900–1916, when cr. Ld Forteviot; Chmn, John Dewar & Sons Ltd; Bt 1907.
45 Sir Robert Arundell Hudson (1864–1927), chief organizer of the Lib. Party in his roles as Sec. Nat. Lib. Federation 1893–1922, Hon. Sec. Lib. Central Association 1895–1927; kt. 1906.
46 Adelaide Constance Newman (nee Thorp) (d. 1946), wife of Sir George Newman; artist.
47 Walter Barrow (1867–1954), cousin of George Cadbury; Dir. and lawyer Cadbury Bros; Lib. member Birmingham Council 1898–1904.
48 A.S.R. was a member of a committee of back-bench Liberals formed to extend the scope of Lloyd George's National Insurance bill, particularly in its provisions for women. They often worked in co-operation with the Chancellor.
49 George Richard Lane Fox (1870–1947), Con. MP Barkston Ash 1906–1931; PS for Mines at Board of Trade 1922–1924, 1924 1928; cr. Ld Bingley 1933; Yorkshire landowner.
50 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXV, 1866 and 1872–1874 for Lloyd George's announcement of the changes in cocoa duties and Chamberlain's response.
51 Theodore Clark, Quaker from Croydon; teacher, later Head of Crohamhurst School.
52 William Stephens Clark (1839–1925), Quaker businessman; Chairman C. & J. Clark Shoes of Street, Somerset 1903–1925; father of Roger Clark.
53 Robert Oscar Mennell (1882–1960), Quaker tea importer; later a leading CO, serving as Sec. and Treasurer FSC; imprisoned 1917–1919; Lab cand. Surrey E., 1924, 1929.
54 Dr Peter Maedonald (1870–1960), opthalmic surgeon, appointed physician to Rowntree & Co. 1904; m. Agnes Rowntree (1870–1960), eldest daughter of Joseph Rowntree.
55 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXVII, 1196–1216Google Scholar for debate on Keir Hardie's motion to include wives in national insurance benefits on the basis of their husbands' contributions.
56 Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith (1878–1941), Lib. MP Northampton January 1910–1918, Lab. MP Keighley 1922–1923, 1924–1931, 1935–1941; Postmaster-Gen. 1929–1931, Pres. Bd of Education 1931.
57 John William Wilson (1858–1932), LU (Lib. from 1903) MP North Worcestershire 1895–1918, Stourbridge 1918–1922; Quaker businessman, Dir. Albright & Wilson, phosphorus manufacturers from 1879, Chmn 1915–1932; close collaborator of George Cadbury.
58 Frederick John Gillman (1866–1949), worked at Rowntree & Co. from mid-1890s and became A.S.R.'s private sec. c. 1903–1904; convert to Quakerism 1918; succ. A.S.R. as Hon. Sec. NASU 1919–1924.
59 Clause 1 of the National Insurance Bill, 1911.
60 On 24 July 1911 Asquith had been shouted down in the HofC by Con. MPs when he tried to speak on the Lords' amendments to the Park Bill.
61 Arthur Wellesley Peel (1829–1912), Lib. MP Warwick 1865–April 1895; Sec. Poor Law Bd 1868–1871, PS Bd of Trade 1871–1873, Chief Whip 1873–1874, US Home Office 1880, Speaker of the House of Commons 1884–1895, when cr. Vt Peel; youngest s. of Sir Robert Peel.
62 Richard Assheton Cross (1823–1914), Con. MP Preston 1857–1862, Lancashire SW 1868–1885, Newton 1885–1886, when cr. Vt Cross; Home Sec. 1874–1880, 1885–1886, Sec. of State India 1886–1892, Ld Privy Seal 1895–1900.
63 Frederick Edwin Smith (1872–1930), Con. MP Liverpool, Walton 1906–1918, West Derby 1918–1919; Solicitor-Gen. 1915, Attorney-Gen. 1915–1919, Ld Chanc. 1919–1922, Sec. of State India 1924–1928; kt. 1915, Bt 1918, cr. Ld Birkenhead 1919, Vt 1921, Earl 1922.
64 Ld Hugh Richard Heathcote Cecil (1869–1956), Con. MP Greenwich 1895–1906, Oxford Univ. January 1910–1937; cr. Lord Quickswood 1941.
65 Ellis Griffith (1860–1926), Lib. MP Anglesey 1895–1918, Carmarthen 1923–July 1924; Chmn Welsh Lib. MPs 1910–1912, US Home Office 1912–1915; Bt 1918.
66 The debate was a Con. motion of censure on the govt for extracting pledges from George V to create Lib. peers if the Lords rejected the Parlt Bill; Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXIX, 795–807Google Scholar (Balfour), 807–817 (Asquith), 817–830 (Smith), 831–839 (Griffith).
67 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXIX, 967–999Google Scholar for Cecil, Carson, and Churchill on the HofL's amendments to the Park Bill.
68 Sir Edward Henry Carson (1854–1935), LU (Unionist from 1912) MP Trinity College, Dublin 1892–1918, Belfast, Duncairn 1918–1921, when cr. Ld Carson; Solicitor-Gen. Ireland 1892, Solicitor-Gen. 1900–1905, Attorney-Gen. 1915, First Ld of Admiralty 1916–1917, War Cabinet 1917–1918, Leader Irish Unionists 1910–1921; kt. 1900, Ld of Appeal 1921–1929.
69 Richard Offley Ashley Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945), Liberal peer; Ld Lieutenant of Ireland 1892–1895, Ld Pres. of Council 1905–1908, 1915–1916, Ld Privy Seal 1908–1911, 1912–1915, Leader Lib. Peers 1908–1916, 1936–1944, Sec. of State Colonies 1908–1910, Sec. of State India 1910–1915, Pres. Bd of Education 1916, Amb. to France 1922–1928, Sec. of State for War 1931; succ. as 2nd Ld Houghton 1885, cr. Earl of Crewe 1895, Marquess 1911.
70 Caley, member of family who controlled A.J. Caley Ltd, biscuit and chocolate manufacturers of Norwich.
71 Hardinge Stanley Giffard (1823–1921), Con. MP Launceston 1877–1885; Solicitor-Gen. 1875–1880, Ld Chanc. 1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1905; leading diehard peer; kt. 1875, cr. Ld Halsbury 1885, Earl 1898.
72 William Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864–1945), Bishop of Stepney 1901–1909, Archbishop of York 1909–1928, Archbishop of Canterbury 1928–1942; cr. Ld Lang 1942; Hansard, 5th series, 1911, IX, 900–907Google Scholar for Lang's declaration he would vote for the Parlt Bill.
73 Philip Burtt (1862–1931), Dep. Gen. Manager NER 1905–1914; Quaker with wide interests, including publishing and missions to China.
74 There was a national railway strike on 18–19 August 1911. By the time A.S.R. wrote this letter, it was officially over, but strike action continued in York until 23 August, when a ‘no victimization’ assurance was given.
75 Alexander Kaye Butterworth (1854–1946), Gen. Manager NER 1906–1921; kt. 1914.
76 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXIX, 2291–2293 for Asquith's announcement of a Royal Commission on the railways arbitration scheme set up in 1907, and 2293–2299 for MacDonald.
77 Francis Herbert Stead (1857–1928), journalist and activist for various good causes, especially old age pensions; Warden Robert Browning Hall, Walworth 1894–1921.
78 Frederic Taylor (1861–1944), brother of E.E. Taylor and husband of Gertrude Sophia Rowntree, sister of A.S.R.; Sec. Friends' First Day School Association. Helped found West Hill College 1907 and on NASU Council 1899–1923.
79 Christopher Addison (1869–1951), Lib. MP Shoreditch January 1910–1922; Lab. MP Swindon 1929–1931, 1934–1935; PS Bd of Education 1914–1915, PS Ministry of Munitions 1915–1916, Min. of Munitions 1916–1917; Min. of Reconstruction 1917–1919; Pres. Local Govt Bd 1919; Min. of Health 1919–1921; PS Ministry of Agriculture 1929–1930, Min of Agriculture 1930–1931; Sec. of State Dominions 1945–1947; Sec.of State Commonwealth Relations Office 1947; Ld Privy Seal 1947–1951; Paymaster-Gen. 1948–1949, Ld Pres. of Council 1951, Leader HofL 1945–1951; cr. Ld Addison 1937, Vt 1945; former prof, of anatomy and leading proponent of state health care.
80 Ralph Norman Angell (1872–1967), Lab. MP North Bradford 1929–1931; kt. 1931; journalist, author of The Great Illusion (1910)Google Scholar, which argued war could not benefit any of the European Powers.
81 Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust, founded 1904. On 19 December 1911 the Trust agreed to provide Angeli with £500 for a secretary and office in London.
82 Primarily Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Ld Northcliffe (1865–1923), owner of The Times and Daily Mail. Angell worked for Northcliffe as Gen. Manager in Paris for the Daily Mail.
83 John Burns (1858–1943), Lib. MP Battersea 1892–1918; Pres. Local Govt Bd 1905–1914, Pres. Bd of Trade 1914.
84 Sir Robert Laurie Morant (1863–1920), PUS Board of Education 1903–1911, Chmn Nat. Health Insurance Commissioners 1912–1919, PUS Ministry of Health 1919–1920; KCB 1907.
85 Reginald McKenna (1863–1943), Lib. MP North Monmouthshire 1895–1918; Fin. Sec. to Treasury 1905–1907, Pres. Bd of Education 1907–1908, First Ld of Admiralty 1908–1911, Home Sec. 1911–1915, Chanc, of Exchequer 1915–1916.
86 Joseph Albert Pease (1860–1943), Lib. MP Tyneside 1892–1900, Saffron Walden 1901–January 1910, Rotherham March 1910–1917, when cr. Ld Gainford; Lib. whip 1905–1908, Chief Whip 1908–1911, Chanc. Duchy of Lancaster 1910–1911, Pres. Board of Education 1911–1915, Postmaster-Gen. 1915–1916; second Quaker to reach Cabinet.
87 Timothy Michael Healy (1855–1931), Irish Nat. MP Wexford 1880–1883, Monaghan 1883–1885, S. Derry 1885–1886, N. Longford 1887–1892, N. Louth 1892–December 1910, N.E. Cork 1911–1918. Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXX, 121–135 and 159–169Google Scholar for Balfour and Healy's speeches on the allocation of time for debating National Insurance.
88 John MacKinnon Robertson (1856–1933), Lib. MP Tyneside 1906–1918; PS Bd of Trade 1911–1915; a secularist.
89 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXX, 307–318Google Scholar for Lloyd George's announcement of a new amendment to his National Insurance Bill to this effect.
90 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXX, 798–801 and 815–817Google Scholar for T.E. Harvey and A.S.R.'s defence of the post-office scheme for those too low-paid to join a Friendly Society under the National Insurance proposals.
91 If this is correct, the committee consisted of Sherwell, T.E. Harvey, E.W. Davies, W.A. Chapple, Alden, A.S.R., and Addison.
92 In 1911 there had been strikes in York at Leetham's flour mills and the York Glass Co., as well as the railways. Labour won two seats from the Conservatives and the Liberals gained one, depriving the Conservatives of an overall majority. In Micklegate the result was J.F. Glew (Lab.) 1,428; J.B. Morrell (Lib.) 1,186; D.S. Long (Con.) 1,003.
93 Country house about four miles from Malvern, acquired by George Cadbury and his brother Richard as a retreat for the Cadbury family.
94 Elizabeth Mary Cadbury (1858–1951), second wife of George Cadbury; Lib. cand. Birmingham, King's Norton 1923; DBE 1934.
95 Thomas Hodgkin (1831–1913), leading Quaker; banker and writer on historical topics.
96 Joshua Rowntree (1844–1915), Lib. MP Scarborough 1886–1892; cousin of A.S.R. Ed. the Friend 1871–1875Google Scholar, first Warden of Woodbrooke 1903–1904.
97 Walter Hume Long (1854–1924), Con. MP N. Wiltshire 1880–1892, Liverpool, West Derby 1893–1900, S. Bristol 1900–1906, Co. Dublin, S. 1906–January 1910, Strand January 1910–1921, when cr. Vt Long of Wraxall; PS Local Govt Bd 1886–1892, Pres. Bd of Agriculture 1895–1900, Pres. Local Govt Bd 1900–1905, 1915–1916, Chief Sec. for Ireland 1905, Sec. of State Colonies 1916–1919, First Ld of Admiralty 1919–1921. In fact, Andrew Bonar Law succeeded Balfour as Conservative leader.
98 William Henry Fisher Alexander (1855–1941), insurance broker; member Meeting for Sufferings 1898–1909, 1923–1941. Richard Beck (1858–1945), merchant's clerk from Southampton. Alfred Henry Brown (1860–1932), fin. manager in an engineering works; member Meeting for Sufferings 1923–1930. Alfred Francis Fox (1867–1947), London solicitor. Harold John Morland (1869–1939), Partner Price, Waterhouse & Co. 1907–1932; Clerk of YM 1928–1934. Robert Alfred Penny (1863–1935), shipping business on the south coast; Asst Clerk of YM.
99 The child was a girl and was christened Angela Margo Ramar Greenwood.
100 Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (1848–1912), eldest s. of 7th Duke of Grafton, but predeceased his father.
101 Sir Frank Lockwood (1846–1897), Lib. MP York 1885–1897; Solicitor-Gen. 1894–1895; kt. 1894.
102 People's Suffrage Federation; an umbrella organization founded in 1909 by the Women's Trade Union League, the Women's Co-operative Guild and the Womens' Labour League to campaign for the enfranchisement of all adults, rather than of women under the existing suffrage law.
103 Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXXI, 1311–1312Google Scholar. A.S.R. seconded a motion urging the rail companies to recognize the unions.
104 Arthur Henderson (1863–1935), Lab. MP Barnard Castle 1903–1918, Widnes 1919–1922, E. Newcastle January–December 1923, Burnley 1924–1931, Clay Cross 1933–October 1935; Pres. Bd of Education 1915–1916, War Cabinet 1916–1917, Home Sec. 1924, Foreign Sec. 1929–1931, Leader Lab. Party 1908–1910, 1914–1917, 1931–1932, Sec. Lab. Party 1912–1935.
105 James Henry Thomas (1874–1949), Lab. MP (Nat. Lab. from 1931) Derby January 1910–1936; Sec. of State Colonies 1924, 1935–1936, Ld Privy Seal 1929–1930, Sec. of State Dominions 1930–1935. Leading figure in the Nat. Union of Railwaymen, of which he was Sec. 1918–1931.
106 Uffculme; home in Birmingham of Barrow Cadbury, nephew of George Cadbury. Lent to the Adult School movement 1907–1914.
107 Ernest Edwin Taylor (1869–1955), Quaker historian; close friend of A.S.R. and Sec. North of England Newspaper Co. 1906–1921, Westminster Press 1921–1933; Hon. Sec. JRSST and Charitable Trust 1916–1936. His bro., Frederic, m. A.S.R.'s sister, Gertrude, in 1898.
108 William Joynson-Hicks (1865–1932), Con. MP North West Manchester 1908–January 1910, Brentford 1911–1918, Twickenham 1918–1929, when cr. Vt Brentford; PS Overseas Trade 1922–1923, Postmaster-Gen. 1923, Fin. Sec. to Treasury 1923, Min. of Health 1923–1924, Home Sec. 1924–1929. Had been unsuccessful Con. cand. Sunderland December 1910; Bt 1919.
109 Herbert Louis Samuel (1870–1963), Lib. MP Cleveland 1902–1918, Darwen 1929–1935; US Home Office 1905–1909, Chane. Duchy of Lancaster 1909–1910, Postmaster-Gen. 1910–1914, 1915–1916, Pres. Local Govt Bd 1914–1915, Home Sec. 1916, 1931–1932, High Commissioner in Palestine 1920–1925, Leader Lib. Party 1931–1935; GBE 1920, cr. Vt Samuel 1937. First practising Jew to hold Cabinet office.
110 Stephen Wilson Furness (1872–1914), Lib. MP Hartlepool June 1910–1914; Bt 1913.
111 Lloyd George's contribution to the Third Reading of the National Insurance Bill, 1911 was a sustained attack on a misleading pamphlet on the Bill produced by Lord Robert Cecil.
112 On the Third Reading of the National Insurance Bill, 1911 only eleven Conservatives voted against the Bill.
113 The Yorkshire Liberal Federation organized a Home Rule demonstration at the Festival Concert Room in York on 9 December 1911. T.P. O'Connor was the main speaker and he and Elibank took the opportunity to meet Yorkshire Libs and reassure them about the government's intentions.
114 Percy Holden Illingworth (1869–1915), Lib. MP Shipley 1906–1915; junior whip 1910–1912, Chief Whip 1912–1915.
115 Leifchild Stratten Jones (1862–1939), Lib. MP Appleby 1905–January 1910, Rushcliffe, December 1910–1918, Camborne 1923–1924, 1929–1931; Pres. United Kingdom Alliance 1906–1932; cr. Ld Rhayader 1932.
116 The debate on the changes to the cocoa duty during the committee stages of the Finance Bill; Hansard, 5th series, 1911, XXXII, 1947–1990.Google Scholar
117 Dr Messer, Medical Officer of Health and active figure in the Adult School movement.
118 Lewis Amherst Sclby-Bigge (1860–1951), PUS Bd of Education 1911–1925; KGB 1913, Bt 1919.
119 Charles Prestwich Scott (1846–1932), Lib. MP Leigh 1895–1905; Ed. Manchester Guardian 1872–1929.Google Scholar