UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 6 February 1879

Died: 15 November 1924

Member of Privy Council - 10 February 1915

husband of Hon Venetia Stanley

son of Ellen Cohen

Under Secretary of State for India	1910	1914
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	1914	3 May 1915
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	3 February 1915	25 May 1915
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	25 May 1915	11 January 1916
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	11 January 1916	9 July 1916
Minister of Munitions	9 July 1916	10 December 1916
Secretary of State for India	17 July 1917	19 March 1922

25 January 1906	Chesterton	Liberal Party	4,829	52.80
22 January 1910	Chesterton	Liberal Party	5,240	52.53
9 December 1910	Chesterton	Liberal Party	5,011	51.92
3 February 1915 Resignation of Rt Hon Edwin Montagu on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
13 February 1915	Chesterton	Liberal Party	Unopposed
11 January 1916 Resignation of Rt Hon Edwin Montagu on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
20 January 1916	Chesterton	Liberal Party	Unopposed
17 July 1917 Resignation of Rt Hon Edwin Montagu on appointment as Secretary of State for India.
27 July 1917	Chesterton	Liberal Party	Unopposed
14 December 1918	Cambridgeshire	Liberal Party - Coalition	12,497	65.15
15 November 1922	Cambridgeshire	National Liberal Party	6,942	26.75