Henry Graham White

Henry Graham White (born August 26, 1880 - February 19, 1965 ) was a British politician (Liberal Party).

Life and activity

White was a son of John Arnold White and Annie Sinclai Graham of Birkenhead. He was educated at Birkenhead School and studied at Liverpool University.

Since 1917 White was a member of the Birkenhead Town Council.

In the British general election of December 1918, White ran for a seat in the House of Commons , the British Parliament, for the first time : he ran in the constituency of Birkenhead East , but was defeated by the candidate of the Conservative Party. In the general election of November 1922 he was finally elected as a member of the Birkenhead East in the lower house. In the early election of 1923 he was able to defend his seat, but lost it to the opponent of the Labor Party in the 1924 election.

In the parliamentary elections of 1929 White was able to return to the House of Commons after five years as a member of parliament for Birkenhead East, to which he - re-elected in the general elections of 1931 and 1935 - was a member for sixteen years (until the summer of 1945). In the general election of 1945 White lost his seat in the lower house to the Labor Party candidate. He was a member of the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for eighteen years between 1922 and 1945. In 1950 he ran again for a seat in the lower house - this time in the constituency of Bebington, which replaced his now abolished old constituency - but was defeated.

During his time as a Member of Parliament he was a member of the Round Table on Reforms in Relations between India and Great Britain (1930), the Parliamentary Committee on Private Schools (1930), the Broadcasting Committee, the Parliamentary Emergency Committee on Rental Issues (Distress for Rent Committee) (1938) and the Select Committee on national Expenditure.

In the national unity government of 1931 White was appointed assistant postmaster general (assistant postmaster general), but retired from his office in 1932, when all Liberal members left the government.

From 1945 White was a member of the Privy Council, the British Privy Council. He also held numerous honorary positions: from 1954 to 1955 he was President of the Liberal Party and from 1958 to 1959 Vice-President of the same. He was also Chairman of the Council for Aliens, Chairman of the Council for the Beechroft Settlement, Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Member of the Council of the Royal Institute for International Affairs , Member of the Bedford College for Women, Member of the Curtis Committee on Supply Curtis Committee on the Care of Children, Member of the Board of Directors for Social Sciences and Administration of Liverpool University and Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society .

A portion of White's estate is now held in the House of Lords Records Office .

family

In 1910 White married Mary Irene Heath of Nether Stowey, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.

Web links

• Henry Graham White at Hansard (English)