| 词条 | Harold Baker (politician) |
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Harold Trevor Baker PC (22 January 1877 – 12 July 1960) was a British scholar and Liberal politician. BackgroundBaker was born on Portsea Island, the son of Louisa and Sir John Baker, MP for Portsmouth. He was educated at Winchester, New College, Oxford. He received the Gaisford Prize in 1899. He was also a Craven Scholar, Hertford Scholar and an Eldon Scholar. He was President of the Oxford Union from 1900-01. He was unmarried. In 1933 he was Fellow of Winchester College and Warden from 1936-46.[1] Professional careerBaker was Called to Bar by the Inner Temple in 1903.[2] He was Secretary to the Royal Commission on War Stores in South Africa. He was a Member of His Majesty’s Army Council, European War, 1914 and Inspector of Quartermaster-General Services in 1916.[3] Political careerBaker was elected to the House of Commons for Accrington in the January 1910 general election. He served in the Liberal administration of H. H. Asquith as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1912 to 1914 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1915. He was one of the few Liberal MPs of this period who opposed granting the vote to women.[4] He was defeated at the 1918 general election when he faced both a Labour opponent as well as a Coalition government backed Unionist. He tried to win his seat back in 1922 but finished third. He did not stand for parliament again.[5] Electoral record{{Election box begin||title=General Election January 1910: Accrington[6][7] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Harold Baker |votes=8,968 |percentage=58.1 |change=+1.3 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Albert Henry Jessel |votes=6,455 |percentage=41.9 |change=n/a }}{{Election box majority| |votes=2,513 |percentage=16.2 |change=−2.3 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes=15,423 |percentage=94.6 |change=+11.7 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=16,297 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner=Liberal Party (UK) |swing=n/a }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin| |title=General Election December 1910: Accrington[8] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Harold Baker |votes=8,129 |percentage=55.7 |change=−2.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Ernest Gray |votes=6,461 |percentage=44.3 |change=+2.4 }}{{Election box majority| |votes=1,668 |percentage=11.4 |change=−4.8 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes=14,590 |percentage=89.5 |change=−5.1 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=16,297 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner=Liberal Party (UK) |swing=−2.4 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=General Election 14 December 1918: Accrington }}{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918| |party=Unionist Party (UK) |candidate=Ernest Gray |votes=13,808 |percentage=47.2 |change=+2.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Harold Baker |votes=8,378 |percentage=28.6 |change=-27.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Charles Roden Buxton |votes=6,369 |percentage=21.7 |change=n/a }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=National Democratic and Labour Party |candidate=William Hammond |votes=738 |percentage=2.5 |change=n/a }}{{Election box majority| |votes=5,430 |percentage=18.6 |change=30.0 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes=28,555 |percentage=69.5 |change=-20.0 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner=Unionist Party (UK) |loser=Liberal Party (UK) |swing=+15.0 }}{{Election box end 1918}}{{Election box begin|title=General Election 15 November 1922: Accrington }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Charles Roden Buxton |votes=16,462 |percentage=44.3 |change=+22.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Unionist Party (UK) |candidate=Ernest Gray |votes=11,408 |percentage=30.6 |change=-16.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Harold Baker |votes=9,395 |percentage=25.1 |change=-3.5 }}{{Election box majority| |votes=5,054 |percentage=13.7 |change=32.3 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes= |percentage=88.7 |change=+19.2 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner=Labour Party (UK) |loser=Unionist Party (UK) |swing=+19.6 }}{{Election box end}} Baker died in Winchester in July 1960, aged 83. References1. ^(2007, December 01). Baker, Right Hon. Harold Trevor, (22 Jan. 1877–12 July 1960), PC 1915; Fellow of Winchester College, 1933, Warden, 1936–46. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Ed. Retrieved 1 Apr. 2019, from http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-234338. 2. ^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916 3. ^(2007, December 01). Baker, Right Hon. Harold Trevor, (22 Jan. 1877–12 July 1960), PC 1915; Fellow of Winchester College, 1933, Warden, 1936–46. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Ed. Retrieved 1 Apr. 2019, from http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-234338. 4. ^The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies 1897-1914 by Leslie Hume 5. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig 6. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig) 7. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}} 8. ^British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig) External links
|title=Member of Parliament for Accrington |years=January 1910 – 1918 |before=Sir Joseph Leese |after=Ernest Gray }}{{s-off}}{{succession box|title=Financial Secretary to the War Office|years=1912–1915|before=Harold Tennant|after=Henry Forster}}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Harold}} 9 : 1877 births|1960 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom|UK MPs 1910|UK MPs 1910–18|Presidents of the Oxford Union|Alumni of New College, Oxford|Members of the Inner Temple |
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