Robert Lacey Everett
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Robert Lacey Everett (28 January 1833 – 21 October 1916) was an English farmer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons three times between 1885 and 1910.
Life[edit]
Everett was born at Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk, the son of Joseph David Everett and his wife Elizabeth Garwood. He became a yeoman farmer of 375 acres (1.52 km2).[1]
In 1880 Everett stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at East Suffolk[2] as a farmers' candidate.[3] He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodbridge at the 1885 general election but lost the seat in 1886.[4] He was elected again in 1892, but lost in 1895. He won the seat for the third time in 1906 but did not seek re-election in January 1910.[4]
Everett died at the age of 83.
Everett married in 1863, Elizabeth Nussey, daughter of Obadiah Nussey of Leeds, a cloth merchant, and manufacturer.
Publications[edit]
- Why the Malt Tax should be repealed, [1865?].
- Tithes: their history, use and future, 1887.
- Y Degwm: ei hanes, ei ddefnyddiad a'i ddyfodol [translation into Welsh of Tithes ...], 1887.
- Agricultural distress: a cause and a remedy, 1893.
- The real cause of agricultural distress, 1895.
References[edit]
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 462. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Debrett's lists him as having been a farmer's candidate in 1880, but Craig lists him as a Liberal.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 395. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Sources[edit]
- Lees, Charles Herbert (1912). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- C. H. Lees, rev. Graeme J. N. Gooday. "Everett, Joseph David (1831–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33049. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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