Samuel Chapman

Sir Samuel Chapman ( 1860 - April 29, 1947 ) was a British politician. For his valuable service in Perthshire during World War I , he was promoted to Knight Bachelor on March 4, 1920 .

Political career

For the first time Murray appeared in the general election in 1906 in the Perth constituency for elections at the national level. As a candidate of the Conservative Party , however, he could not prevail against the liberal Robert Wallace and thus missed the entry into the British House of Commons . Despite winning votes, Chapman had to admit defeat to the liberal Alexander Frederick Whyte in the following general election in January 1910 .

In the general election in December 1910 , Chapman ran for Greenock constituency . On election day, however, he was just as unable to prevail against Godfrey Collins as he was in the 1918 elections , when Chapman was running for the Unionist Party founded in 1912 .

After his party colleague Charles Murray , who held the mandate of the constituency of Edinburgh South since 1918 , did not run for the general election in 1922 , Chapman ran in this constituency. He won the election clearly against his opponent Catherine Alderton and moved into the House of Commons for the first time. In the following general election in 1923 , 1924 , 1929 , 1931 and 1935 he held his mandate. In the general election in 1945 Chapman did not run and he resigned from parliament. The mandate for Edinburgh South held his party colleague William Darling .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Samuel Chapman in Hansard (English)
2. ^ The London Gazette, December 30, 1919.
3. ↑ Knights and Dames: BUL-COL at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
4. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 1906–1910
5. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1918, p. 226.
6. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1922, p. 216.
7. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1926, p. 264.
8. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1924, p. 246.
9. ↑ The Constitutional Yearbook 1934, p. 244.
10. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1939, p. 202.
11. ↑ Results of the 1931 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Results of the general election in 1935 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ^ Results of the lower house elections in 1945 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Samuel Chapman at Hansard (English)