Corrie Grant

Corrie Grant[1] (14 November 1850 – December 1924)[2] was a British journalist, barrister and Liberal Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rugby division of Warwickshire from 1900 to 1910.

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Early life

Grant was the son of James Brighton Grant, a brewer and maltster from Kettleburgh in Suffolk who had been imprisoned for non-payment of Church Rates.[3] He was educated at the City of London School, worked as a journalist, and was called to the bar in 1877 at the Middle Temple, after which he practised on the North Eastern Circuit.[3]

Political career

Grant stood for Parliament four times before winning a seat. He stood unsuccessfully in Woodstock at the by-election in July 1885,[4] in Birmingham West at the 1892 general election,[5] in Rugby at the 1895 general election,[6] and in Harrow at a by-election in 1899.[7]

He was elected at the 1900 general election as MP for Rugby,[2][7][8] re-elected in 1906,[9] and stood down from the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election.[7]

Family

Grant was married in 1885 to Annie Adams of Plymouth.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Sources disagree on his name. Craig's British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 refers to him as "J. C. Grant", but Leigh Rayment's list of MPs names him as "Corrie Brighton Grant". However Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901 lists him as "Corrie Grant", as do the London Gazette returns for his election both in 1900 and in 1906.
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  3. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901. London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 57. http://www.archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1901londuoft#page/n102/mode/1up/search/corrie+grant. 
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 341. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 75. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  6. ^ Craig, page 347
  7. ^ a b c Craig, page 409
  8. ^ London Gazette: no. 27244. p. 6774. 6 November 1900. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  9. ^ London Gazette: no. 27885. p. 1047. 13 February 1906. Retrieved 12 August 2010.

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Preceded by
Richard Grenville Verney		 Member of Parliament for Rugby
1900 – January 1910		 Succeeded by
John Baird