Noel Goldie
Sir Noel Goldie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Noel Barré Goldie 26 December 1882 |
| Died | 4 June 1964 Folkestone, Kent[2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Judge and politician |
| Known for | Recorder of Manchester |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
Sir Noel Barré Goldie KC (26 December 1882 – 4 June 1964) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.[3]
He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, qualifying Bachelor of Law in 1905.[4]
Judicial career[edit]
He worked in chambers until the outbreak of the First World War, when he fought in Belgium and France as a Staff Captain in the Royal Artillery. He resumed his career after the war and took silk in 1928. He was made a Bencher in 1935 and a Reader in 1958.
The following year he was appointed Recorder of Burnley, a position he held until he was appointed Recorder of Manchester in 1935, a position he filled until 1956.
Parliamentary career[edit]
At the 1929 general election, Goldie stood as the Conservative candidate for the borough of Warrington in Lancashire, defending the seat vacated by Alec Cunningham-Reid, who was standing instead in Southampton. However, in a three-way contest, Goldie was defeated by Charles Dukes, the borough's former Labour Party MP who regained the seat with over 50% of the votes.[5]
At the next general election, in 1931, the governing Labour Party was split, and its leader Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Minister since 1929) having broken with his party to form a First National Government 1931 with Conservative support. Labour lost most of its seats, including Warrington, where Goldie took 56.2% of the votes in a two-contest with Dukes.[5]
Goldie was returned again to the House of Commons at the 1935 general election, and held the seat until his defeat in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election.[5] He was the last Conservative MP for the Warrington constituency, which thereafter returned Labour MPs until its abolition in 1983.
He was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours in June 1945.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Northern Circuit directory". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 267. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 August 1918. p. 2934.
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