David Waterlow

David Waterlow

David Sydney Waterlow (18 December 1857 – 25 August 1924), was a British Liberal Party politician and businessman.

Background

He was born in Highgate, he was the fourth son of Sir Sydney Waterlow, a Liberal Member of Parliament. He was educated at Northampton and Lausanne. He married Edith Emma Maitland in 1883, and the couple had three daughters.[1][2]

Career

He travelled round the world in 1879. He joined the firm of Waterlow and Sons, Ltd, printers, in 1880. He retired from the firm in 1898 but subsequently became Chairman in 1922. He was the Director of The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, Ltd, from 1885-1924. He was a member of the London County Council, sitting for North St Pancras for the Liberal backed Progressive Party, from 1898 to 1910.[1] He sat as Liberal MP for Islington North from 1906 to December 1910.[1][2]

General Election 1906 Islington North Electorate 12,075
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Sydney Waterlow 5,284
Conservative Sir George Christopher Trout Bartley 4,418
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General Election January 1910 Islington North Electorate 12,677
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Sydney Waterlow 5,543
Conservative George Alexander Touche 5,512
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910 Islington North[3] Electorate 12,677
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Alexander Touche 5,428
Liberal David Sydney Waterlow 5,022
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Waterlow remained active in politics: he was selected as Liberal prospective candidate for the parliamentary constituency of Mid Norfolk in 1912, but did not contest an election there.[4] He also made two unsuccessful attempts to return to the London County Council: at Fulham in 1913 and Islington North in 1922.[5][6]

Islington North in the London County area 1918-49
London County Council election, 1922: Islington North[7] Electorate 41,314
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Municipal Reform Green tickY Frederick Lionel Dove 8,644 26.9 +1.6
Municipal Reform Green tickY Miss Rosamund Smith 7,970 24.8 -0.4
Labour Robert McKenna 4,833 15.1 -34.4
Labour Hilda Caroline Miall Smith 4,766 14.8 n/a
Progressive David Sydney Waterlow 3,207 10.0 n/a
Progressive W. Allen 2,692 8.4 n/a
Majority 3,137 9.7 33.9
Municipal Reform gain from Labour Swing
Municipal Reform hold Swing n/a

He was Chairman of Governors at the United Westminster Schools in 1914. He became a Justice of the Peace in London in 1916.[1] David Waterlow's sister, Ruth Homan, was also politically active, being a member of the London School Board.[8]

He died at his home in Leatherhead, Surrey, in 1924, aged 66, following complications after surgery. He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.[2]

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Waterlow, David Sydney". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Obituary: Mr. D. S. Waterlow". The Times. 27 August 1924. p. 13.
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ↑ "Election Intelligence". The Times. 7 December 1912. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "London County Council. List of Progressive Candidates". The Times. 21 February 1913. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "L.C.C. Candidates. Today's Contest". The Times. 2 March 1922. p. 14.
  7. ↑ London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  8. ↑ Martin, Jane (1999). Women and the Politics of Schooling in Victorian and Edwardian England. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 54. ISBN 9780718500535.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Trout Bartley		 Member of Parliament for Islington North
1906 – December 1910 		Succeeded by
George Touche
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