Richard Causton, 1st Baron Southwark
Richard Knight Causton, 1st Baron Southwark ( September 25, 1843 - February 23, 1929 ) was a British Liberal Party politician who was a Member of the House of Commons and Paymaster General for 27 years .
Life
Causton was the son of a publisher and worked for Sir Joseph Causton and Sons Ltd, founded by his father .
On March 31, 1880, Causton was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Colchester there until November 24, 1885 . On February 17, 1888 he was again elected a member of the House of Commons and now represented the constituency of Southwark West until January 15, 1910 .
During the tenures of Prime Ministers William Ewart Gladstone and Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery , Causton served as Treasurer of the Household in the Office of Lord Steward of the Household between August 1892 and June 1895 .
In 1905 he was appointed by Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Paymaster General (Paymaster General) in his government and held this position under Campbell-Bannerman's successor Herbert Henry Asquith until his replacement by Ivor Churchill Guest, Baron Ashby St Ledgers in 1910. 1906 he was also appointed Privy Counselor .
After leaving the government, Causton was raised to hereditary nobility by a letters patent dated July 13, 1910 as Baron Southwark , of Southwark in the County of London , and was thus a member of the House of Lords until his death . He was also temporarily Lieutenant of the City of London and in 1913 President of the London Chamber of Commerce , the Chamber of Commerce of London.
Since his marriage on August 10, 1871 with Selina Mary Chambers, daughter of Thomas Chambers , who was also a member of the House of Commons for 25 years, remained childless, the title of nobility Baron Southwark expired on his death in 1929.
Web links
- Richard Causton at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry on Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Richard Knight Causton, 1st and last Baron Southwark, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Baron Southwark 1910-1929 |
Title expired |
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| SURNAME | Causton, Richard, 1st Baron Southwark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Causton, Richard Knight, 1st Baron Southwark, of Southwark in the County London (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Liberal Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1843 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1929 |