Talk:Arthur Griffith-Boscawen

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I removed the claim that Griffith-Boscawen was defeated by James Chuter Ede at the Mitcham by-election because in Maurice Cowling's The impact of Labour it says Griffith-Boscawen was defeated by an unamed Independent Conservative. The page on James Chuter Ede claims he entered Parliament in 1923 for South Shields.


 * The introduction to Chuter Ede's wartime diaries suggests otherwise. The Times guide to the Commons states that South Shields was a Labour gain in 1929 and that Ede had previously sat for Mitcham. I think Cowling is mistaken or mixing up the elections (remember Griffith-Boscawen was defeated three times in three years). Timrollpickering 08:47, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Inaccuracies
Having read his article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, I notice a few inaccuracies in this one about his political career. His period as PPS to Hicks-Beach ended ten years before he was elected to London County Council, and he had opposed the disestablishment of the Church in Wales.Cloptonson (talk) 18:00, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Bonar Law snail cartoon
If my memory is correct, in Robert Blake's History of the Tory Party ("From Peel to Churchill/Thatcher/Major" - which I read donkey's years ago but don't have to hand) there is a cartoon of Bonar Law looking at a snail sliding slowly along a fence, saying something to the effect that "that's an ideal householder, minds his own business and doesn't stab you in the back" (yes, I know, the joke seems to lose something in translation). I'm pretty sure it refers to Griffith-Boscawen's by-election defeat in March 1923.Paulturtle (talk) 05:06, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

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