William Craven-Ellis

William Craven Craven-Ellis (1880 – 17 December 1959), born William Craven Ellis was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Ellis was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and became a senior partner of Ellis & Sons, Valuers and Surveyors. He assumed the name Craven-Ellis by deed poll in 1931.^[1]

At the 1929 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the safe Labour-held seat of Barnsley, where he came third with only 15% of the votes.

At the 1931 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election. In the House of Commons, he was chair of the Parliamentary Monetary Committee from 1934 to 1944.

Notes

^ The Collected Interwar Papers and Correspondence of Roy Harrod

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Craven-Ellis

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ralph Morley and Tommy Lewis	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1931–1945 With: Sir Charles Coupar Barrie, to 1940 Sir John Reith William Stanley Russell Thomas, 1940–1945	Succeeded by Ralph Morley and Tommy Lewis

Persondata
Name	Craven-Ellis, William
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1880
Place of birth
Date of death	17 December 1959
Place of death