Alfred Warren

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Sir Alfred Warren OBE (6 February 1856 - 1 August 1927) was a Conservative Party politician who served as borough councillor and mayor of Poplar, and then as a Member of Parliament.

Alfred Harman Warren was born in Poplar on 6 February 1856 and educated at the local Wesleyan School. He was a member of Poplar Borough Council, serving as Mayor of Poplar from 1913 to 1918. [1]

In the June 1918 King's Birthday Honours Alfred Warren was both knighted [2] and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). [3] The London Gazette entries for these two honours summarise the extent of his activities in support of the war effort during the First World War:

At the 1918 General Election Sir Alfred was elected to Parliament as member for Edmonton in Middlesex, [4] standing as a Conservative supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition Government. He stood again at the general election of 1922, but was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Frank Broad. [5]

Active in the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, he served as its Grand Master, and was also president of the National Conference of Friendly Societies. [1]

Sir Alfred Harman Warren died on 1 August 1927 at the age of 71. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Who Was Who 1916-1928. Bloomsbury. 2014. ISBN   9781408193365.
  2. 1 2 "London Gazette, Supplement 8 June 1918, page 6526" . Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "London Gazette, Supplement 8 June 1918, page 6715" . Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. "Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages". Constituencies beginning with"E". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.

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Civic offices
Preceded by
Edwin John Aldrick
Mayor of Poplar
1913–1918
Succeeded by
William Henry Lax