| 词条 | Tudor Rees |
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Family and educationTudor Rees, as he was usually known, was the son of the late J Rees of Maesteg in Glamorgan. He was educated at the University of Wales. In 1918 he married Dorothy Sidebotham of Bowdon, Cheshire. They had one son and two daughters.[2] CareerRees’ chosen profession was the law. He practised as a solicitor in Cardiff [3] but was later called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1922.[4] In February 1939 he was appointed a County Court judge (Solicitors’ Journal, 1939 p99) and sat at Whitechapel, Bow and at Uxbridge and Brentford County Courts. He also sat as a Justice of the Peace in Surrey and was later Chairman of Surrey Quarter Sessions. He retired from the Bench in 1955.[5] War serviceAt outbreak of the First World War, Rees organised a recruiting campaign.[6] In 1915 he volunteered for the Welch Regiment eventually achieving the rank of Captain and also served in the Machine-Gun Corps.[7] The ChurchRees was a devout Anglican who at one time thought about entering the Church. He retained an interest in ecclesiastical matters throughout his life and was a Lay Assessor in the Dioceses of Canterbury and Southwark. He was the author of a short work on disestablishment.[8] PoliticsRees first entered Parliamentary politics at the 1918 general election when he was the Liberal candidate at Barnstaple in Devon. He declared he was a supporter of the Lloyd George coalition but so was his Unionist opponent, C S Parker [9] He may have received the Coalition Coupon because he is described in one important and reliable record as a Coalition Liberal [10] but one historian of the Liberal Party believes Rees was one of 29 Liberal candidates denied the coupon.[11] Another source indicates that Rees was denied the coupon but immediately accepted the Coalition Whip on getting into Parliament.[12] At the time of the election Rees stated that his political priorities were the housing question and the reform of the jury system.[13] He won the seat with a majority of 602 votes. Rees was unable to hold his seat at Barnstaple at the 1922 general election losing narrowly by just 174 votes in a straight fight with the Conservative candidate Basil Peto. However, in 1923 when the Liberal Party was united around the question of Free Trade he won the seat back from Peto with a majority of 1,266 in a three-cornered contest including a Labour candidate. In 1924 he lost the seat back to Peto again in a straight fight by 1,195 votes. He did not contest the seat after 1924 or try to get back into the House of Commons for any other constituency. Rees tended to be on the conservative wing of the Liberal Party. Chris Cook describes Rees as a member of a right-wing coterie of Liberal MPs who could usually be found supporting the Conservatives when the party vote was split during the period of the first Labour government of 1924.[14] Other public serviceRees served as Deputy Chairman of the Road and Rail Traffic Appeal Tribunal and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1921 and of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey in 1954.[15] DeathHis Honour Judge Tudor Rees died at his home in Tadworth, Surrey aged 75 on 27 February 1956.[16] Publications
References1. ^http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons1.htm 2. ^Who was Who, OUP 2007 3. ^The Times, 15 August 1917 4. ^The Times 28 February 1956 5. ^The Times, 28.2.56 6. ^The Times House of Commons 1919; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p49 7. ^Who was Who, OUP 2007 8. ^The Times, 28.2.56 9. ^The Times, 14.12.18 10. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, 1969 p 327 11. ^Roy Douglas, The History of the Liberal Party, 1895-1970; Sidgwick & Jackson 1966 p128n 12. ^Chris Cook, The Age of Alignment: Electoral Politics in Britain, 1922-1929; Macmillan 1975 p7n 13. ^The Times House of Commons 1919; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p49 14. ^Cook, op cit p236n, 240 & 246n 15. ^Who was Who, OUP 2007 16. ^The Times, 28.2.56 External links
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