Philip Morrell, Liberal M.P. for Burnley 1910 to 1918

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313197

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-P11-19-1

Title

Philip Morrell, Liberal M.P. for Burnley 1910 to 1918

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Philip Morrell

General notes

Philip Morrell's family made their fortune in the Lion Brewery Oxford. Born in 1870, Morrell was an Eton and Oxford educated solicitor who, was previously Liberal M.P. for Henley from 1906 to January 1910, before, in December 1910, he won the Burnley seat by a majority of 173 from Conservative Gerald Arbuthnot, Socialist Henry Hyndman's share of the vote declined. Due to the outbreak of World War One this was the last election until 1918 when all men, and women over 30 had the vote. Morrell didn't stand again. He and his wife were left wing Liberals, patrons of the arts and theirs was an unconventional open marriage. During the war Morrell was part of the Union of Democratic Control a significant anti-war group. He died in 1943.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Early 20th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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