Английская Википедия:George Radford

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Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Sir George Heynes Radford Шаблон:Postnominals (17 June 1851 – 5 October 1917) was an English solicitor and Liberal politician. He was a member of parliament for Islington East from 1906 to 1917.

Family and education

Radford was born in Plymouth,[1] the eldest son of George David Radford and Catherine Agnes Heynes.[2] He went to London University to study law, where he graduated Bachelor of Laws with honours.[3] In 1882, he married Emma Louisa Radford, the daughter of a Justice of the Peace. They had four daughters and a son; Barbara, Katherine, Cecily, Ursula and George Lawrence.[4]

Career

Radford was admitted as a solicitor in 1872.[1] He joined the firm of Radford and Frankland which had its offices in Chancery Lane, eventually becoming senior partner.[2]

Politics

Radford was first involved in London local politics. He was Progressive Party member for West Islington on the London County Council from 1885 to 1907.[5] In the 1906 general election he became MP for Islington East, a seat he went on to hold, albeit by small majorities, until his death in 1917.[6] Radford always took a prominent part in London County Council elections and was for two years Chairman of the Council's Parliamentary Committee.[1]

Other appointments and honours

Radford served as Chairman of the National Liberal Club Buildings Co. Ltd and was a Vice-Chairman of the Club.[7] He also served as a Justice of the Peace in Surrey, where he had his home at Ditton Hill, now part of Surbiton. He was knighted in the 1916 Birthday Honours.[1]

Transport

Radford had a particular interest in transport in London and a passion for tramways. He noted the advanced use of trams in Budapest and led a British Parliamentary delegation to Hungary in 1906. In 1908, the first cross-river tram in London departed from Holborn Station and it is believed that Radford was responsible for the honour of the maiden trip starting in Islington.[5]

Papers

A collection of scrapbooks of news cuttings, notices, posters etc. donated by Miss U Radford in 1975, documenting Radford's career is deposited in the London Metropolitan Archives .[8] A collection of documents including correspondence, books, photographs, campaign flyers etc. belonging to George Radford and several family members is deposited in the Islington Local History Centre Archive.[9]

Publications

Radford had an interest in literature and published occasional verses and essays. In 1894 he wrote Shylock and Others a selection of eight literary studies (published by T Fisher Unwin) and in 1917 he published Verses and Versicles (T Fisher Unwin). But he also had an interest in Shakespeare. In 1884, the Liberal politician Augustine Birrell published a collection of essays entitled Obiter Dicta (Elliot Stock). Radford had anonymously written one of the essays, on Sir John Falstaff, and this was made public in 1887.[10]

Death

Radford died at his residence, Chiswick House, Ditton Hill on 5 October 1917, aged 66 years.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite news
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 Who was Who; OUP online, 2007
  3. ↑ The Times, 31 January 1872 p12
  4. ↑ Islington Local Heritage Centre. George Radford collection.
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918;Macmillan, 1974 p23
  7. ↑ The Times, 8 October 1917 p11
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  10. ↑ Birrell, Augustine, Obiter Dicta, Second Series, p.v (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887) (retrieved Oct. 28, 2023).
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