| 词条 | Joseph Compton-Rickett |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett | honorific-suffix = DL | image = Joseph Compton-Rickett MP.jpg | image_size = | smallimage = | alt = | caption = Joseph Rickett in 1915 | office = HM Paymaster General | term_start = 1916 | term_end = 1919 | primeminister = David Lloyd George | predecessor = Arthur Henderson | successor = Tudor Walters | office1 = Member of Parliament for Scarborough | term_start1 = 7 August 1895 | term_end1 = 8 February 1906 | predecessor1 = Sir George Sitwell, Bt | successor1 = Walter Rea | office2 = Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross | term_start2 = 8 February 1906 | term_end2 = 25 November 1918 | predecessor2 = Sir John Austin, Bt | successor2 = John Stephenson Rowntree | office3 = Member of Parliament for Pontefract | term_start3 = 14 December 1918 | term_end3 = 30 July 1919 | predecessor3 = Frederick Handel Booth | successor3 = Walter Forrest | birth_name = Joseph Rickett | birth_date = 13 February 1847 | birth_place = London, England, UK | death_date = 30 July 1919 (aged 72) | death_place = UK | party = Liberal Party }}Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett, DL PC (13 February 1847 – 30 July 1919), was a British Liberal Party politician. He was also an industrialist (until 1902), lay preacher, and writer. He wrote poetry and fiction, as well as on such topics as popular philosophy. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Maurice Baxter.[1] BackgroundHe was born in London as Joseph Rickett, the eldest son of Joseph Rickett, of East Hoathly. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Bath. In 1868 he married Catharine Sarah Gamble. They had four sons and four daughters. He was knighted on 24 December 1907.[2] He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Compton in 1908. In 1911 he was appointed to the Privy Council.[3] Professional careerHe was in business and interested in various commercial undertakings. In 1902 he retired from the chairmanship of several coal trade companies to devote himself to his political career.[3] Political careerHe was Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough from 1895–1906. He had gained the seat from the Conservatives in 1895 and held it in 1900. He was then Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross from 1906–1918. In 1906 he re-gained the seat that had been Independent Liberal since 1899. He held office in the Coalition Government of David Lloyd George as Paymaster-General from 1916-19. In 1917 he served as a Charity Commissioner.[3] He was Member of Parliament for the Pontefract constituency that largely absorbed Osgoldcross from 1918 until his death aged 72 the following year.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Electoral record{{Election box begin|title=General Election 1906: Osgoldcross[4]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Joseph Rickett |votes = 8,482 |percentage = 66.1 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Granville Wheler |votes =4,358 |percentage = 33.9 |change = n/a }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,124 |percentage = 32.1 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 12,840 |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = Independent Liberal |swing = }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | |title=General Election January 1910: Osgoldcross [4] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett |votes = 9,517 |percentage = 66.3 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Gerald de la Pryme Hargreaves |votes =4,840 |percentage = 33.7 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,677 |percentage = 32.6 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | |title=General Election December 1910: Osgoldcross[4] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett |votes = 8,518 |percentage = 66.2 |change = -0.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Malcolm Campbell-Johnston |votes =4,347 |percentage = 33.8 |change = +0.1 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,171 |percentage = 32.4 |change = -0.2 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 70.4 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = -0.1 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | |title=Pontefract General Election, 1918[5] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett |votes = 8,561 |percentage = 62.9 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Isaac Burns |votes = 5,047 |percentage = 37.1 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 3514 |percentage = 25.8 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 45.6 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2KuBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA543&lpg=PA543&dq=Joseph+Rickett+who+also+wrote+as+by+Maurice+Baxter&source=bl&ots=4IUcsMROvl&sig=mjdRzTZdNdxIodJPUKWtmLVNYVY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLjJXj8dnTAhWINiYKHYsYBB0Q6AEIKDAB#v=onepage&q=Joseph+Rickett+who+also+wrote+as+by+Maurice+Baxter&f=false|title=The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction|first=John|last=Sutherland|date=13 October 2014|publisher=Routledge|accessdate=6 May 2017|via=Google Books}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28092/page/8979|title=The London Gazette|date=24 December 1907|quotation=Issue:28092|page=8979|website=Thegazette.co.uk|accessdate=2017-05-06}} 3. ^1 2 'COMPTON-RICKETT, Rt Hon. Sir Joseph', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press (April 2014)]; accessed 5 May 2017. 4. ^1 2 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig) 5. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p520 External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Scarborough | years = 1895 – 1906 | before = Sir George Sitwell, Bt | after = Walter Rea }}{{s-bef | before = Sir John Austin, Bt }}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross | years = 1906 – 1918 }}{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Pontefract | years = 1918 – 1919 | before = Frederick Handel Booth | after = Walter Forrest }}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=Arthur Henderson}}{{s-ttl|title=Paymaster-General|years=1916–1919 }}{{s-aft|after=Sir Tudor Walters}}{{s-end}}{{Paymaster General}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Compton-Rickett, Joseph}} 17 : 1847 births|1919 deaths|Knights Bachelor|British businesspeople|British poets|British writers|British Christians|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1895–1900|UK MPs 1900–06|UK MPs 1906–10|UK MPs 1910|UK MPs 1910–18|UK MPs 1918–22|Liberal Party (UK) politicians|People educated at King Edward's School, Bath|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom |
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