Walford Davis Green

Walford Davis Green (24 August 1869 – 17 November 1941)[1] was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1906.[1]

Green in 1895.

Green was born in Blackheath, the son of Rev. Walford Green, a Wesleyan Minister[2] and sometime president of the Wesleyan Methodist conference.[3] He was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with an honours B.A. in modern history in 1891.[2][4] He won the Members' Prize in 1892 for his short book The political career of George Canning.[5]

He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1895.[2]

He was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough Wednesbury[6] in Staffordshire. He was re-elected in 1900,[7] and held the seat until he stood down from Parliament at the 1906 general election.[8] After he had announced his intention to retire on health grounds, the local Unionist Association selected as its candidate F. E. Muntz,[9] who had contested Rugby in 1900.[8] However, Muntz was himself forced to withdraw due to ill-health, and consideration was given to asking Green to stand again, since his health had improved.[9] The Times reported that the Liberal Party candidate Clarendon Hyde had been nursing the constituency for some time, and that local unionists wanted Green to reconsider his retirement.[9] However, Green did not stand again and the Unionist candidate Alfred Bird lost the seat to Clarendon Hyde.[8]

He died on 17 November 1941 in Langton, Courtenwell, Tunbridge Wells, aged 72.[3]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
2. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901. London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 58.
3. "Obituaries". The Times. London. 19 November 1941. p. 7.
4. "Green, Walford Davis (GRN888WD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. "New Members Of Parliament". The Times. London. 18 July 1895. p. 3.
6. "No. 26651". The London Gazette. 9 August 1895. p. 4485.
7. "No. 27244". The London Gazette. 6 November 1900. p. 6774.
8. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 204. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
9. "Election Intelligence". The Times. London. 5 July 1904. p. 10.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walford Green