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Robert Leicester Harmsworth

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Leicester Harmsworth

Born: 1 November 1870, Marylebone, London

Died: 19 January 1937

1st Baronet - 1 July 1918

son of Alfred Harmsworth

son of Geraldine Mary Maffett

brother of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth

brother of Harold Sidney Harmsworth

brother of Hildebrand Aubrey Harmsworth

brother of Cecil Bishopp Harmsworth

husband of Anne Louisa Scott

Education

St Marylebone Grammar School

Barrister

Elections fought

11 October 1900		Caithness	Liberal Party	1,189	37.58
24 January 1906		Caithness	Liberal Party	2,686	84.76
26 January 1910		Caithness	Liberal Party	2,643	81.75
14 December 1910		Caithness	Liberal Party	2,718	96.90
14 December 1918		Caithness & Sutherland	Liberal Party - Coalition	6,769	62.65
15 November 1922		Caithness & Sutherland	Liberal Party	5,803	42.93