Tudor Walters

The Right Honourable Sir Tudor Walters
Paymaster-General
In office 26 October 1919 – 19 October 1922
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett
Succeeded by	Vacant
In office 4 September 1931 – 5 November 1931
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	The Lord Rochester
Personal details
Born	1868
Died	16 July 1933 (aged 65)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal

Sir John Tudor Walters PC (1868 – 16 July 1933), was a British architect, surveyor and Liberal politician.^[1] He served as Paymaster-General under David Lloyd George from 1919 to 1922 and once again briefly in 1931 under Ramsay MacDonald.

Political career

Walters was elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside at the 1906 general election^[2] and was knighted in 1912.^[3] He served as Paymaster-General in the Government of David Lloyd George from 1919 to 1922^[4] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1919. He lost his seat at Sheffield at the 1922 general election.^[5] He tried unsuccessfully to get back into the House of Commons in 1923 at Pudsey and Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[6] He did however return to Parliament at the 1929 general election as Liberal MP for the Cornish seat of Penryn and Falmouth. He was once again briefly Paymaster-General from September to November 1931 under Ramsay MacDonald. He stood down from parliament at the 1931 general election.^[7]

References

1. The Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico's Publishing, 2004 p49
2. The Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico's Publishing, 2004 p49
3. The London Gazette: no. 28588. p. 1746. 8 March 1912.
4. The Times House of Commons 1929; Politico's Publishing, 2003 p72
5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p235
6. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p521
7. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p313

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Tudor Walters