Summary
Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson, KBE, PC (9 April 1859 – 31 May 1943), was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for St. Pancras North from 1906 to 1918. He was an influential proponent of establishing a League of Nations after the First World War.[1]
Background edit
Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He married Elizabeth, daughter of General Sir Richard John Meade,[3] in 1891. They had three children, one of whom was Frances Joan Dickinson, Baroness Northchurch. On 18 January 1930 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dickinson, of Painswick in the County of Gloucester.[4] Lord Dickinson died in May 1943, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Richard, his only son the Hon. Richard Sebastian Willoughby Dickinson having predeceased him. Willoughby Dickinson's sister, Frances May, an anaesthetist, was the first wife of surgeon Sir James Berry.[5]
Political career edit
He served as vice-chairman of the recently formed London County Council from 1892 to 1896 and then its chairman from March 1900 to March 1901.[6] From 1896 until 1918, he was chair of the London Liberal Federation.[7] He was an assiduous supporter of women's suffrage, promoting a number of measures in Parliament to get the vote for women.[8][9][10][11] Dickinson was made a Privy Counsellor in 1914. He did not stand for parliament again.[12] He was later secretary-general of the World Alliance for International Friendship, and from 1931 chairman of its International Council.[13] In 1930, he joined the Labour Party, but the following year he was part of the National Labour Organisation split.[7]
Electoral record edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Robert Pacy Moon | 3,056 | 56.6 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal | Willoughby Dickinson | 2,345 | 43.4 | −4.4 | |
| Majority | 711 | 13.2 | +9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,401 | 71.2 | −4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,582 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Willoughby Dickinson | 4,094 | 60.8 | +17.4 | |
| Conservative | Edward Robert Pacy Moon | 2,643 | 39.2 | −17.4 | |
| Majority | 1,451 | 21.6 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 6,737 | 84.0 | +12.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,021 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Willoughby Dickinson | 4,970 | 58.0 | −2.8 | |
| Conservative | H A Pakenham | 3,603 | 42.0 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 1,367 | 16.0 | −5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 8,573 | 85.9 | +1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,977 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Willoughby Dickinson | 4,407 | 57.7 | −0.3 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Moon | 3,230 | 42.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 1,177 | 15.4 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 7,637 | 76.5 | −9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,977 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | John William Lorden | 7,260 | 41.4 | −0.9 |
| Liberal | Willoughby Dickinson | 5,596 | 32.0 | −25.7 | |
| Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 4,651 | 26.6 | n/a | |
| Majority | 1,664 | 9.4 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 33,747 | 51.9 | −24.6 | ||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.4 | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John William Lorden | 9,156 | 37.7 | −3.7 | |
| Labour | John Gilbert Dale | 8,165 | 33.6 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal | Willoughby Dickinson | 6,979 | 28.7 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 991 | 4.1 | −5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 66.0 | +14.1 | |||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
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References edit
- ^ Kaiga, Sakiko (2021). Britain and the Intellectual Origins of the League of Nations, 1914–1919. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-48917-1.
- ^ "Dickinson, Willoughby Hyett (DKN877WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "p. 7400 § 73997 - Person Page 7400". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ "No. 33572". The London Gazette. 21 January 1930. p. 425.
- ^ "Berry, Sir James (1860–1946)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "London County Council". The Times. 14 March 1900. p. 3.
- ^ a b Cline, Catherine Ann (1963). Recruits to Labour. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 157.
- ^ "Womens Enfranchisement Bill 1 (1907)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 15 February 1907. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Womens Enfranchisement Bill 1 (1908)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 28 February 1908. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ from March 1907 to the Representation of the People Bill of 1913. During World War I the Speakers Conference on electoral reform included two influential Liberal suffragists, Sir John Simon and W. H. Dickinson, who helped ensure that it recommended granting the vote to women.[1]
- ^ Summary of 1912 Conciliation Bill debate; Dickinson quoted as, I regard this question of the women's franchise as part of the movement of civilisation.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1973, FWS Craig
- ^ Mentioned in Nobel Peace Prize speech 1930, by Nathan Söderblom.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2360.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 9780333388471.[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]