William George Howard Gritten

William George Howard Gritten FRGS[1] (7 February 1870 5 April 1943), also known as W. G. Howard Gritten, was a barrister and writer, and a British Conservative politician, who was elected a Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools in 1918, until 1923, and re-elected in 1929 until his death in 1943.[2][3]

Born in Westminster, London, on 7 Feb 1870,[4] Gritten was the only son of William Gritten (an architect)[1] and his wife Annie Howard (d.1907). In 1918, he married Helena Blanche Paget, the daughter of the late Commander Webb, R.N.[4] He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, won the Donald E. Bridgman Essay Prize, and graduated with honours in Literae Humaniores.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Who was who: a companion to Who's who: containing the biographies of those who died during the period, Volume 2, Publisher: A. & C. Black, 1967. (page 475)
  2. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Sir Cuthbert Morley Headlam, Stuart Ball (editor), Camden fifth series, Volume 14, publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-66143-9, ISBN 978-0-521-66143-0, 665 pages (page 229)
  3. "Mr William Gritten", @ theyworkforyou.com
  4. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons, and the judicial bench, Published 1922 (page 69)
  5. "Mr W.G.H. Gritten", Obituary, The Times (London), Thursday, Apr 08, 1943, page 7, Issue 49515

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Walter Runciman
Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools
1918 1922
Succeeded by
William Jowitt
Preceded by
Wilfrid Sugden
Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools
1929 1943
Succeeded by
Thomas George Greenwell
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