Joseph Compton-Rickett

The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett
Joseph Rickett in 1895

HM Paymaster General
In office 1916–1919
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Arthur Henderson
Succeeded by	Tudor Walters
Member of Parliament for Scarborough
In office 7 August 1895 – 8 February 1906
Preceded by	Sir George Sitwell, Bt
Succeeded by	Walter Rea
Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross
In office 8 February 1906 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by	Sir John Austin, Bt
Succeeded by	John Stephenson Rowntree
Member of Parliament for Pontefract
In office 14 December 1918 – 30 July 1919
Preceded by	Frederick Handel Booth
Succeeded by	Walter Forrest
Personal details
Born	13 February 1847 London
Died	30 July 1919 (aged 72)
Political party	Liberal Party

Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett, DL PC (13 February 1847 – 30 July 1919), was a British Liberal Party politician.

Background

He was born in London as Joseph Rickett, the eldest son of Joseph Rickett, of East Hoathly. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Bath. In 1868 he married Catharine Sarah Gamble. They had four sons and four daughters. He was knighted in 1907. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Compton in 1908. In 1911 he was appointed to the Privy Council.^[1]

Professional career

He was in business and interested in various commercial undertakings. In 1902 he retired from the chairmanship of several coal trade companies to devote himself to his political career.^[2]

Political career

Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett in 1919

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough from 1895 to 1906. He had gained the seat from the Conservatives in 1895 and held it in 1900. He was then Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross from 1906 to 1918. In 1906 he re-gained the seat that had been Independent Liberal since 1899. He held office in the Coalition Government of David Lloyd George as Paymaster-General from 1916 to 1919. In 1917 he served as a Charity Commissioner.^[3] He was Member of Parliament for the Pontefract constituency that largely absorbed Osgoldcross from 1918 until his death aged 72 the following year.

Electoral record

General Election 1906: Osgoldcross^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Rickett	8,482	66.1
	Conservative	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	4,358	33.9	n/a
Majority			4,124	32.1
Turnout			12,840
	Liberal gain from Independent Liberal		Swing

General Election January 1910: Osgoldcross ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett	9,517	66.3
	Conservative	Gerald de la Pryme Hargreaves	4,840	33.7
Majority			4,677	32.6
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Osgoldcross^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett	8,518	66.2	-0.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	4,347	33.8	+0.1
Majority			4,171	32.4	-0.2
Turnout				70.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.1

Pontefract General Election, 1918^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett	8,561	62.9
	Labour	Isaac Burns	5,047	37.1
Majority			3514	25.8
Turnout				45.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Compton-Rickett

References

↑ ‘COMPTON-RICKETT, Rt Hon. Sir Joseph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 March 2015
↑ ‘COMPTON-RICKETT, Rt Hon. Sir Joseph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 March 2015
↑ ‘COMPTON-RICKETT, Rt Hon. Sir Joseph’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 March 2015
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p520

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir George Sitwell, Bt	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1895 – 1906	Succeeded by Walter Rea
Preceded by Sir John Austin, Bt	Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross 1906 – 1918	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Frederick Handel Booth	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1918 – 1919	Succeeded by Walter Forrest
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Henderson	Paymaster-General 1916–1919	Succeeded by Sir Tudor Walters

Paymasters General

Parnell Stanley Knatchbull Baring Macaulay Granville Stanley Colchester Stanley Pleydell-Bouverie Lowe Donoughmore Lovaine Wilson Cowper Hutt Goschen Monsell Cave Dufferin Childers Adam Cave Plunket Wolverton Beauchamp Thurlow Beauchamp Brownlow Jersey Windsor Seale-Hayne Hopetoun Marlborough Crossley Causton Ashby Strachie Newton Henderson Compton-Rickett Walters vacant Chamberlain Joynson-Hicks Boyd-Carpenter Gosling vacant Sutherland Onslow Arnold vacant Walters Rochester Hutchison Munster Winterton vacant Cranborne vacant Hankey Jowitt Cherwell vacant Greenwood Marquand Addison Macdonald Cherwell Selkirk vacant Monckton Maulding Mills Brooke Boyd-Carpenter Wigg vacant Shackleton Hart Lever Eccles Macmillan Dell Williams A. Maude Pym Parkinson Gummer Clarke Brooke Caithness Ryder Belstead Cope Heathcoat-Amory Willetts Bates Robinson Primarolo Jowell F. Maude Hancock

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 233258338 LCCN: no2012044056

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