Sir Alfred Warren OBE (6 February 1856 - 1 August 1927) was a Conservative Party politician who served as borough councillor and mayor of Poplar, and then as a Member of Parliament.

Alfred Harman Warren was born in Poplar on 6 February 1856 and educated at the local Wesleyan School. He was a member of Poplar Borough Council, serving as Mayor of Poplar from 1913 to 1918.[1]

In the June 1918 King's Birthday Honours Alfred Warren was both knighted[2] and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).[3] The London Gazette entries for these two honours summarise the extent of his activities in support of the war effort during the First World War:

At the 1918 General Election Sir Alfred was elected to Parliament as member for Edmonton in Middlesex,[4] standing as a Conservative supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition Government. He stood again at the general election of 1922, but was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Frank Broad.[5]

Active in the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, he served as its Grand Master, and was also president of the National Conference of Friendly Societies.[1]

Sir Alfred Harman Warren died on 1 August 1927 at the age of 71.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Who Was Who 1916-1928. Bloomsbury. 2014. ISBN 9781408193365.
  2. ^ a b "London Gazette, Supplement 8 June 1918, page 6526". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "London Gazette, Supplement 8 June 1918, page 6715". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages". Constituencies beginning with"E". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Civic offices Preceded byEdwin John Aldrick Mayor of Poplar 1913–1918 Succeeded byWilliam Henry Lax