Robert William Hamilton

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Sir Robert William Hamilton (born August 26, 1867 in London , † July 15, 1944 ) was a Scottish politician of the Liberal Party .

Life

Hamilton entered colonial military service in 1895. The trained lawyer was presiding judge of the Colonial Court of British East Africa between 1905 and 1920 . In 1918 he was beaten to Knight Bachelor .

Political career

Hamilton first appeared at the political level in the 1922 general election . He ran for the Liberal Party in the constituency of Orkney and Shetland and stood against the national liberal Malcolm Smith , who won the by-elections in the constituency in the previous year without a candidate. With 4814 votes, which corresponded to a share of the vote of 53.5%, he prevailed against Smith and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time . With a slight gain in votes, Hamilton prevailed against the unionist Bob Boothby in the 1923 elections . In the general election in 1924 and 1931 , he defended his mandate unopposed. In the general election in 1929 , Hamilton won against the unionist Basil Neven-Spence . When he ran against Hamilton again in the 1935 elections, he was able to gain a majority vote and Hamilton left the British House of Commons. Between 1931 and 1932, Hamilton held the position of Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. Furthermore, he was in 1934 Whip the Librale faction in Parliament.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Robert William Hamilton in Hansard (English)
  2. ↑ Stuart Ball (Ed.): Conservative Politics in National and Imperial Crisis. Letters from Britain to the Viceroy of India 1926-31. Ashgate Publishing, Farnham et al. 2014, ISBN 978-1-4094-6989-6 , p. 371.
  3. ^ Results of the 1921 by-elections
  4. ^ The Barrier Miner: British Politics , November 22, 1922.
  5. ^ The West Australian: Election Results , December 13, 1923.
  6. ↑ Results of the general election for Orkney and Shetland
  7. ^ Results of the general election in 1931
  8. ^ Results of the general election in 1935
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Robert William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish Liberal Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1944