Monarch George V Nationality Newfoundlander Siblings Pauline Krech Succeeded by Albert Hickman Role Actor | Preceded by Richard Squires Name William Warren Governor William Allardyce | |
Born October 9, 1879 ( 1879-10-09 ) Died September 24, 1948, Hollywood, California, United States Spouse Helen Barbara Nelson (m. 1923–1948) Parents Frances Krech, Freeman E. Krech Movies Cleopatra, Gold Diggers of 1933, Employees' Entrance, The Wolf Man, Satan Met a Lady Similar People Mervyn LeRoy, Roy Del Ruth, George Waggner, Ann Dvorak, James Whale | ||
Political party Liberal Reform Party | ||
William Warren live at the Atterbury
William Robertson Warren (October 9, 1879 – December 31, 1927) was a Newfoundland lawyer, politician and judge who served as the dominion's Prime Minister from July 1923 to April 1924.
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Early life
His parents were William Matthew Henry Warren, a surveyor, and Jessie Sophia Warren. He had at least one sibling, a sister, Alice Mary Warren (died 1930), who was married to Robert Brown Job, President of Job Brothers & Co., Limited.
He received his education at Bishop Feild College, St. John's, Newfoundland and Framlingham College, in England. After studying law, Warren was admitted as a solicitor in 1901
Career
Warren was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1903 as a Liberal and served as Speaker of the House from 1909-1913. In 1919 he became minister of justice in the Cabinet of Sir Richard Squires. The Squires government became embroiled in a scandal over allegations of corruption and misspending of government funds and Squires resigned in protest along with three other ministers in 1923. The next year Squires was forced to resign and Warren was chosen the party's new leader and Prime Minister. His government launced a formal inquiry into the corruption charges which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Squires and several others. Warren's supporters turned against him and moved a Motion of No Confidence that defeated his government. Warren moved to the opposition benches and was formed a coalition with Tory William J. Higgins to form the new Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party that won the election a few weeks later making the conservative Walter Stanley Monroe the new Prime Minister.
In 1926, Warren resigned from the House of Assembly and was appointed to the colony's Supreme Court.
Personal life
He was married first to Ethel Alice Gordon, by whom he had one son, John Henry Warren, and two daughters. He was married secondly to Emilie Jackson (died 1934) by whom he had one daughter.
Warren died in 1927.