Rowland Hunt

Rowland Hunt (1858 – 30 November 1943) was an English politician. The Lord of the Manor of Baschurch in Shropshire,[1] he sat in the House of Commons from 1903 to 1918 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ludlow.[2]

Early life and family

Hunt was the son of Rowland Hunt, of Boreatton Hall, Baschurch, Shropshire and his wife Florence Marianne, daughter of Richard B. Humfrey, of Kibworth Hall, Leicestershire, and Stoke Albany House, Northamptonshire.[1][3] The Hunts were one of the principal families of north Shropshire.[4] Hunt's younger sister Agnes Hunt (1866–1948) was a noted worker with physically disabled people;[3] his uncle George Ward Hunt was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Disraeli.[4]

Hunt was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] He served with the Lovat Scouts during the Second Boer War, and later became a Major in the City of London Yeomanry.[5]

In 1889, Hunt married Georgina Veronica Davidson, daughter of Colonel Duncan Davidson of Tulloch Castle in Dingwall. They had two sons and one daughter.[1][5] He later married Harriette Evelyn Hunt.[1][5]

Political career

Robert Jasper More, the Liberal Unionist MP for Ludlow, died in November 1903.[6] Hunt was selected by the Ludlow's Conservatives and its Liberal Unionists as the joint Unionist candidate for the resulting by-election.[4]

He then briefly joined the National Party (UK, 1917), then the Conservatives.

He was opposed to votes for women saying 

"There are obvious disadvantages about having women in Parliament. I do not know what is going to be done about their hats. 
 How is a poor little man to get on with a couple of women wearing enormous hats in front of him?" [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arthur G. M., Hesilridge (1916). Debrett's House of Commons and The Judicial Bench 1916. London: Dean & Son. p. 85. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
  3. 1 2 Sankey, A.E.; Hutchins, Roger. "Agnes Hunt". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34054. |access-date= requires |url= (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. 1 2 3 "Election Intelligence". The Times. London, England. 8 December 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 20 June 2017 – via The Times Digital Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. 1 2 3 "Obituary: Major Rowland Hunt". The Times. London, England. 1 December 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 20 June 2017 – via The Times Digital Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Obituary: Mr Jasper More, MP". The Times. London, England. 27 November 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 20 June 2017 – via The Times Digital Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Francesca Gillett (29 April 2018). "Women's suffrage: 10 reasons why men opposed votes for women". BBC news uk.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Jasper More		 Member of Parliament for Ludlow
1903 – 1918		 Succeeded by
Sir Beville Stanier, Bt



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.