Henry Maddocks (politician)

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Sir Henry Maddocks KC (26 April 1871 — 9 June 1931) [1] was an English lawyer and British Conservative Party politician.

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Early life

He was son of William Maddocks of Prees, Shropshire [2] and educated at Wem Grammar School.

He was articled to a solicitor in the Staffordshire Potteries, qualifying as solicitor himself in 1893. For a time he was managing clerk at a practice in Birmingham and another in Coventry which he later took over. He also concurrently served as clerk to the magistrates of Coleshill Petty Sessions. [2]

He continued his law studies for the bar, and became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1904, [3] passing his Bar final exams with first-class honours and coming first in his class in criminal law. He practiced on the Midland judicial circuit until well after taking Silk in 1920 and moving to London. [2]

He was one of the first K.C.s to appear without fee under the Poor Persons Rules. In one case he successfully represented a poor widow in three trials against different judges, becoming praised by one, Mr Justice Horridge, as having "sacrificed himself most nobly", while another, Mr Justice McCardie, declared: "The Bar of England is the stronger for his example." [2]

After leaving Parliament, Maddocks served as Recorder of the borough of Stamford from 1924 to 1925, then was Recorder of the City of Birmingham from 1925 until his death. He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1928. [4]

In the years following World War I, in which one of his sons was killed, Maddocks had a reputation as an advocate for disabled ex-servicemen, and was an early member of the Imperial War Graves Commission. He once proposed that convicted criminals who were subsequently killed while serving in the armed forces should have their conviction records erased. [2]

Political career

In both the general elections of 1910 he unsuccessfully stood as Conservative candidate for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire [2] but was elected as a Coalition Conservative, at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for the same seat. [5] and re-elected in 1922. [5] He was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours List in June 1923 and among his profession he was talked of as a future Solicitor-General. [2] However, at the 1923 general election the Conservative government led by Stanley Baldwin fell and he was defeated by the Liberal Party candidate Herbert Willison, who was ironically a longstanding friend and a solicitor who had instructed Maddocks to take on cases in the latter's early years as barrister. [6] Maddocks did not stand for Parliament again.

Personal life

He married in 1895 Elsie Mary, daughter of John Anslow of Coventry, by whom he had six sons one of which William Michael Maddocks went on to become High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1963. Maddocks, whose last home was at "Wytheford", Sandy Lodge, Northwood, Middlesex, [3] died in June 1931 aged 60 and was buried in nearby Pinner Cemetery. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "N", part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Death of Sir Henry Maddocks, K.C. Distinguished Old Wemian. Brilliant Forensic Career". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 12 June 1931. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1930. Kelly's. p. 1151.
  4. ↑ Who Was Who, 1929-1940. A and C Black. 1947. p. 889.
  5. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 488. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  6. ↑ Shrewsbury Chronicle, 12 June 1931. At time of publication of Maddocks' obituary, Willison was prospective Liberal candidate for Shrewsbury.
  7. ↑ "Funeral of Sir Henry Maddocks". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 19 June 1931. p. 11.
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