Harold Webbe
Sir William Harold Webbe, CBE, DL (30 September 1885 – 22 April 1965) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1939 to 1959.
Born in Solihull, Webbe was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Queens' College, Cambridge, which he attended from 1904 to 1907.[1] During World War I, he worked at the Ministry of Munitions. He worked as a director of several companies.
Webbe was a member of the London County Council from 1925 to 1949 and led the Municipal Reform Party on the Council for 12 years. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London. On 17 May 1939, he was first elected to Parliament in a by-election in the London constituency of Westminster Abbey, following the death of Sir Sidney Herbert, Bt. He remained the seat's MP until it was abolished for the 1950 general election, when he was elected for the new constituency of the Cities of London and Westminster. He retired from Parliament at the 1959 general election. He died in Surrey aged 79.
References
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Sources
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harold Webbe
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Westminster Abbey 1939 – 1950 |
Constituency abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for the Cities of London & Westminster 1950 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Sir Harry Hylton-Foster |
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- 1885 births
- 1965 deaths
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Deputy Lieutenants of the County of London
- Members of London County Council
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1935–45
- UK MPs 1945–50
- UK MPs 1950–51
- UK MPs 1951–55
- UK MPs 1955–59
- Municipal Reform Party politicians
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