Sir Henry Kimber, 1st Baronet
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Sir Henry Kimber, 1st Baronet ( 13 July 1834 – 18 December 1923) was a British
lawyer and Conservative Party
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1913.
Kimber was the son of Joseph Kimber of Canonbury. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1858 and was the founder of the legal firm of Kimber and Ellis. He was a Commissioner of Supreme
Courts of all the Australian Colonies and some of the States of U.S.A.. His business interests included being a director of the South Indian Railway and chairman of Natal Land and Colonization Co. He was a progressive Conservative and chairman of the Political Committee of City Carlton Club.
At the 1885 general election
, Kimber was elected as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Wandsworth
.
He held the seat until his resignation
in June 1913, by taking the Chiltern Hundreds
.
In 1904 he was created a Baronet, of Lansdowne Lodge in Wandsworth in the County of London.
Kimber lived at Lansdowne Lodge, West Hill, Putney Heath. He died in December 1923, aged 89.
Kimber married Mary Adelaide Dixon, daughter of General Charles Dixon, R.E., of Rectory Grove, Clapham, in September 1860.
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lawyer and Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1913.
Kimber was the son of Joseph Kimber of Canonbury. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1858 and was the founder of the legal firm of Kimber and Ellis. He was a Commissioner of Supreme
Courts of all the Australian Colonies and some of the States of U.S.A.. His business interests included being a director of the South Indian Railway and chairman of Natal Land and Colonization Co. He was a progressive Conservative and chairman of the Political Committee of City Carlton Club.
At the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
, Kimber was elected as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Wandsworth
Wandsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
- Sources :* Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig * Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910. by Henry Pelling...
.
He held the seat until his resignation
Resignation from the British House of Commons
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in June 1913, by taking the Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds
Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is a sinecure appointment which is used as a device allowing a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament to resign his or her seat...
.
In 1904 he was created a Baronet, of Lansdowne Lodge in Wandsworth in the County of London.
Kimber lived at Lansdowne Lodge, West Hill, Putney Heath. He died in December 1923, aged 89.
Kimber married Mary Adelaide Dixon, daughter of General Charles Dixon, R.E., of Rectory Grove, Clapham, in September 1860.
Sources
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.