Name Sir Aske, Coronation date 1922 Party Liberal Party | Died March 10, 1954 Role Politician Deposed date 1954 | |
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Sir Robert William Aske, 1st Baronet (29 December 1872 – 10 March 1954) was a barrister and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Biography
He was born on 29 December 1872. He first stood for parliament in 1910, contesting Hull Central, a seat that the Conservatives had held in the 1906 Liberal landslide. Though it was not a promising seat, he did very well, coming to within 20 votes of defeating the incumbent.
At the second general election of the year, he did not do quite as well;
A third opportunity came to contest Hull Central at a by-election. His Conservative opponent had been unseated on petition. However he was again unsuccessful;
He did not contest Hull Central again and did not stand for parliament again until 1923.
At the 1923 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East, but lost his seat a year later, at the 1924 general election, to Labour's Martin Henry Connolly.
Aske regained the seat at the 1929 general election, and held it until the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election. When the Liberal Party split in 1931 over participation in Ramsay Macdonald's Conservative-dominated National Government, Aske was one those who broke away to form the new National Liberal Party, which merged in 1948 with the Conservatives.
Having been knighted in 1911, he was created a baronet in the 1922 New Year Honours. He also served as Deputy Sheriff of Hull on three occasions.
He died on 10 March 1954.