Frederick Low (British politician)

Sir Frederick Low KC (born 21 November 1856, died 4 September 1917)[1] was an English lawyer, judge[2] and Liberal Party politician.

Low was educated privately and at Westminster School.[3] He qualified as a solicitor in 1878, and was called to the bar in 1890, practising on the South-Eastern Circuit and becoming an authority on local government and licensing.[3] He became a King's Counsel in 1902,[4] and became recorder of Ipswich in 1906.[5] He was knighted in 1909.[6]

At the 1900 general election, Low unsuccessfully contested Salisbury,[7] and he was unsuccessful again when he contested Clapham in 1906.[8] He won a seat on his third attempt, when he was elected at the January 1910 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Norwich.[9] He was re-elected in December 1910,[10] and held the seat until January 1915, when he was appointed as a Judge of the King's Bench division of the High Court.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. ↑ Kaczynski, Richard (2010). Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley. North Atlantic Books. p. 205. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  3. 1 2 "The Times House of Commons 1910". London, 1910. Page 45
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27424. p. 2416. 11 April 1902. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27972. p. 8443. 30 November 1906. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28321. p. 9763. 24 December 1909. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  8. ↑ Craig, page 4
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28338. p. 1034. 11 February 1910. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28449. p. 9554. 23 December 1910. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  11. ↑ Craig, pages 160–161
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29063. p. 1318. 9 February 1915. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Louis John Tillett
George Henry Roberts		 Member of Parliament for Norwich
January 1910–1915
With: George Henry Roberts		 Succeeded by
Hilton Young
George Henry Roberts


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