Alfred Law

Sir Alfred Joseph Law (31 May 1860 – 18 July 1939) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Sir Alfred Law
Member of Parliament
for High Peak
In office
30 May 1929  18 January 1939
Preceded bySamuel Hill-Wood
Succeeded byHugh Molson
Member of Parliament
for Rochdale
In office
14 December 1918  15 November 1922
Preceded byGordon Harvey
Succeeded byStanley Burgess
Personal details
Born(1860-05-31)31 May 1860
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Died18 July 1939(1939-07-18) (aged 79)
Littleborough, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative

Born in West Bromwich, he was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rochdale constituency in Lancashire, but was defeated at the 1922 general election.

He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1929 general election for the High Peak constituency in Derbyshire, and held the seat until his death in Littleborough 1939, aged 79.

In 1921 Law donated the trophy for a rugby league match between Oldham and Rochdale. It was originally known as the Infirmaries Cup and later renamed as the Law Cup.[1]

Sir Alfred was the owner of the poet Robert Burns's First Commonplace Book 1783-1785 manuscript volume that he had inherited from William Law of Honresfield, Lancashire, his uncle.[2] The poet's second commonplace book, the Edinburgh Journal is held by the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, South Ayrshire.

References

  1. "Memories are made of this..." Oldham R.L.F.C. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. Ewing, James (1938). Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783-1785. Gowans and Gray. p. viii.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Gordon Harvey
Member of Parliament for Rochdale
19181922
Succeeded by
Stanley Burgess
Preceded by
Samuel Hill-Wood
Member of Parliament for High Peak
19291939
Succeeded by
Hugh Molson


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