Walter Rea, 1st Baron Rea
The Lord Rea | |
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| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Goronwy Owen |
| Succeeded by | George Penny |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 3 February 1915 – 5 December 1916 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | new apappointment |
| Succeeded by | John Pratt |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 29 January 1937 – 26 May 1948 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Lord Rea |
| Member of Parliament for Dewsbury | |
| In office 27 October 1931 – 25 October 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Riley |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Riley |
| Member of Parliament for Bradford North | |
| In office 6 December 1923 – 9 October 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Archibald Boyd-Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Eugene Ramsden |
| Member of Parliament for Scarborough | |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 25 November 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Compton-Rickett |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1873 |
| Died | 26 May 1948 (aged 75) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Jemima |
Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea (18 May 1873 – 26 May 1948), was a British merchant banker and Liberal politician.
Rea was the son of Russell Rea. He was elected to the House of Commons for Scarborough in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and served under H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1915 to 1916.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| C | Unionist |  Edmund Bartley-Denniss
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26,568 | 34.3 | +12.4 |
| C | Liberal | William Barton
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26,254 | 34.0 | +6.1 |
| Labour | William C. Robinson | 15,178 | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Walter Rea | 9,323 | 12.1 | −16.0 | |
| Turnout | 54.2 | −32.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 71,378 | ||||
| Majority | 11,390 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.2 | |||
| Majority | 11,076 | 14.4 | +8.6 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
He later represented Bradford North between 1923 and 1924 and Dewsbury between 1931 and 1935. From 1931 to 1932 he held office in the National Government of Ramsay MacDonald as Comptroller of the Household. Rea was created a Baronet, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland, in 1935[2] and in 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rea, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland.[3]
Lord Rea married, firstly, Evelyn, daughter of J. J. Muirhead, in 1896. After her death in 1930 he married, secondly, Jemima, daughter of Reverend Alexander Ewing, in 1931. He died in May 1948, aged 75, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son from his first marriage, Philip, who became Liberal leader in the House of Lords. His daughter Elisabeth, also from his first marriage, was married to the industrialist Sir Michael Clapham. Lady Rea died in 1964.
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References
- ^ The Liberal Year Book (1923), p.261
- ^ "No. 34179". The London Gazette. 12 July 1935. p. 4522.
- ^ "No. 34408". The London Gazette. 15 June 1937. p. 3856.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- UK General Elections since 1832
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walter Rea
- Portraits of Walter Rea at the National Portrait Gallery, London
