George Henry Faber
George Faber
George Henry Faber (10 December 1839 – 6 April 1910)[1] was a British insurance underwriter and a Liberal Party politician.
Faber was born in Camberwell, and became a member of Willis, Faber and Company, of Cornhill, underwriters specialising in marine insurance.[2] He was on the committee of Lloyd's of London, and The Times newspaper reported in 1906 that might have been chairman of Lloyd's if he had wanted the post.[2]
He was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Boston in Lincolnshire,[3] but did not stand again at the January 1910 election.[4] He died in April 1910, aged 70.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biographies Of New Members". The Times (London). 19 January 1906. p. 15, col B.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27885. p. 1038. 13 February 1906. Retrieved 17 November 1910.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 78. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Faber
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| Preceded by William Garfit |
Member of Parliament for Boston 1906 – January 1910 |
Succeeded by Charles Harvey Dixon |