Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford

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Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford, 1937

Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford , PC (born June 20, 1867 in London , † February 24, 1940 ) was a British politician of the Liberal Unionists and later the Conservative Party , who was a member between 1910 and 1923 and again from 1924 to 1929 the lower house ( House of Commons ) was. In 1920 he was ennobled as a baronet and between 1922 and 1924 he held the office of Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. In 1929 he became the Baron Bayford charged and was therefore up to his death a member of the upper house ( House of Lords ) .

Life

Lawyer, Member of the House of Commons and First World War

Robert Arthur Sanders, son of Arthur Sanders and his wife Isabella Synge, attended the renowned Harrow School, founded in 1572, from 1881 to 1886 and then began studying at Balliol College at the University of Oxford , which he completed in 1890 with a Master of Arts (MA) . He was then admitted to the Bar ( Inns of Court ) of Inner Temple in 1891 as a Barrister-at-Law and then took up a position as a lawyer . He served as the Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds between 1895 and 1907 .

When choosing from 15 January to 10 February 1910 Sanders was for the Liberal Unionist Party for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented in this first until December 6, 1923 constituency Bridgwater . At the beginning of his membership in parliament, between 1911 and 1915, he acted as Parliamentary Director ( Whip ) of the Liberal Unionist faction . He also served in the volunteer regiment of the Royal North Devon Yeomanry and was on May 13, 1911. Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) transported. During the First World War it was used in Egypt and Palestine and was mentioned in the war report ( Mentioned in dispatches ) for its military services during the Battle of Gallipoli (February 19, 1915 to January 9, 1916 ) .

Baronet, Minister and Member of the House of Lords

His first government office took Robert Sanders in the Government Lloyd George and was initially of 11 June 1918 to February 5, 1919 Treasurer of the Royal Household (Treasurer of the Household) and subsequently between February 5, 1919 and April 1, 1921 ( Lord of the Treasury ) . During this time he was made hereditary baronet , of Bayford in the County of Somerset, on January 28, 1920 . Most recently, he was in the Lloyd George government from April 1, 1921 to October 22, 1922, Under-Secretary of State for War and as such also held the position of Vice-President of the Army Council ) . In the following cabinet Bonar Law he was between October 23, 1922 and May 20, 1923 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries) . On 25 October 1922 he was elected a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) appointed. He held the office of Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries from May 22, 1923 to January 23, 1924 in the first Baldwin government .

In the election of October 29, 1924 , Sanders was re-elected to the House of Commons, in which he now represented the Wells constituency until May 30, 1929 . During this time he was between 1928 and 1937 Colonel of Honor of the Royal Artillery of the Territorial Army's 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Brigade . After leaving the House of Commons, he was raised to hereditary Baron Bayford , of Stoke Trister in the County of Somerset, by a letters patent dated June 18, 1929 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , and was thereby raised to his death on February 24 1940 Member of the upper house ( house of Lords ) . He was also temporarily Chairman of the Council of the County of Somerset (Somerset County Council) .

His marriage to Lucy Sophia Halliday on August 3, 1893 resulted in a son and two daughters. Since his only son Arthur Thomas Sanders had died on November 22, 1920, his two titles of nobility expired on February 24, 1940.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Treasurer of the Royal Household in the Hansard
  2. ↑ Junior Lord of Treasury at Hansard
  3. ↑ BARONETAGE (leighrayment.com)
  4. ^ Minister of Agriculture in the Hansard
  5. ↑ PRIVY COUNSELLORS 1915 - 1968 (leighrayment.com)
  6. ^ Minister of Agriculture in the Hansard
predecessor Office successor
New title created Baronet, of Bayford
1920-1940 		Title expired
New title created Baron Bayford
1929-1940 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Sanders, Robert, 1st Baron Bayford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sanders, Robert Arthur, 1st Baron Bayford; Sanders, Sir Robert, 1st Baronet; Bayford, Robert Sanders, 1st Baron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons and peer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1940