Frederick Wise, 1st Baron Wise
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Frederick John Wise, 1st Baron Wise (10 April 1887 – 20 November 1968) was a Labour Party
politician in the United Kingdom
. He was Member of Parliament
(MP) for King's Lynn
from 1945 to 1951.
Wise came from the village of Souldern in north Oxfordshire
, where he played in the local amateur football team.
At the 1931 general election
he stood in the Harborough constituency
in Leicestershire
. Previously a Conservative
-held marginal seat, Labour's vote fell only slightly in 1931, but the Liberals
did not field a candidate and Earl Castle Stewart
was re-elected with 74.5% of the votes.
For the 1935 general election
Wise stood in Conservative-held Lowestoft
, where he was defeated again.
He finally entered Parliament
at the 1945 general election
, when Labour's post-war landslide help him win a majority of 3,274 votes in Conservative-held King's Lynn
. He was returned again at the 1950 general election
with a majority of only 270 votes, but at the next general election, in October 1951
, he lost the seat by 937 votes to the Conservative Ronald Scott-Miller
.
On 24 December 1951, he was elevated to the peerage
as Baron Wise, of King’s Lynn in the County of Norfolk
.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. He was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for King's Lynn
King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, after which the name...
from 1945 to 1951.
Wise came from the village of Souldern in north Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, where he played in the local amateur football team.
At the 1931 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
he stood in the Harborough constituency
Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Harborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. Previously a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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-held marginal seat, Labour's vote fell only slightly in 1931, but the Liberals
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
did not field a candidate and Earl Castle Stewart
Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart
The Rt. Hon. Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart, MC , known as Viscount Stuart from 1915 to 1921, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Unionist politician....
was re-elected with 74.5% of the votes.
For the 1935 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1935
The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...
Wise stood in Conservative-held Lowestoft
Lowestoft (UK Parliament constituency)
Lowestoft was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system...
, where he was defeated again.
He finally entered Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
at the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
, when Labour's post-war landslide help him win a majority of 3,274 votes in Conservative-held King's Lynn
King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, after which the name...
. He was returned again at the 1950 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
with a majority of only 270 votes, but at the next general election, in October 1951
United Kingdom general election, 1951
The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats...
, he lost the seat by 937 votes to the Conservative Ronald Scott-Miller
Ronald Scott-Miller
Ronald Scott-Miller was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for the King's Lynn constituency in Norfolk from 1951 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1959 general election.- References :* - External links :...
.
On 24 December 1951, he was elevated to the peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
as Baron Wise, of King’s Lynn in the County of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.