Frederick Low (British politician)

Sir Frederick Low (21 November 1856 – 4 September 1917)^[1] was an English lawyer, judge^[2] and Liberal Party politician.

Low was educated privately and at Westminster School.^[3] He qualified as a solicitor in 1878, and was called to the bar in 1890, practising on the South-Eastern Circuit and becoming an authority on local government and licensing.^[3] He became a King's Counsel in 1902,^[4] and became recorder of Ipswich in 1906.^[5] He was knighted in 1909.^[6]

At the 1900 general election, Low unsuccessfully contested Salisbury,^[7] and he was unsuccessful again when he contested Clapham in 1906.^[8] He won a seat on his third attempt, when he was elected at the January 1910 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Norwich.^[9] He was re-elected in December 1910,^[10] and held the seat until January 1915, when he was appointed as a Judge of the King's Bench division of the High Court.^[11]^[12]

References[edit]

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
^ Kaczynski, Richard (2010). Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley. North Atlantic Books. p. 205. ISBN 9781556438998. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The Times House of Commons 1910". London, 1910. Page 45
^ "No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2416.
^ "No. 27972". The London Gazette. 30 November 1906. p. 8443.
^ "No. 28321". The London Gazette. 24 December 1909. p. 9763.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^ Craig, page 4
^ "No. 28338". The London Gazette. 11 February 1910. p. 1034.
^ "No. 28449". The London Gazette. 23 December 1910. p. 9554.
^ Craig, pages 160–161
^ "No. 29063". The London Gazette. 9 February 1915. p. 1318.

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Preceded by Louis Tillett George Henry Roberts	Member of Parliament for Norwich January 1910–1915 With: George Henry Roberts	Succeeded by Hilton Young George Henry Roberts

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