Whittaker, Thomas P., Sir, 1850-1919
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الاسم الرئيس (باللاتينية)
Whittaker, Thomas P., Sir, 1850-1919
صِيَغ اسمية أخرى
Whittaker, T. P. (Thomas Palmer), Sir, 1850-1919
Whittaker, Thomas, Sir, 1850-1919
Whittaker, Thos. P. (Thomas Palmer), Sir, 1850-1919
Whittaker, Thomas Palmer, Sir, 1850-1919
تاريخ الميلاد
1850-01-07
تاريخ الوفاة
1919-11-09
مهنة
Businessmen
Politicians
Prohibitionists
لغات ذات صلة
eng
النوع الاجتماعي
male
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MARC
مصادر المعلومات
- Alcohol and temperance in modern history : an international encyclopedia, 2003(Whittaker, Sir Thomas Palmer (1850-1919); member of Parliament for Spen Valley from 1892 until his death; was a leading English prohibitionist who served on the Royal Commission of Liquor Licensing Laws from 1896-1899; he was a leading figure in the Temperance Legislation League (TTL) and ended up a bitter critic of the prohibitionists; he was the son of an eminent English temperance pioneer, Thomas Whittaker (1813-1899); he was also an active supporter of free trade and a defender of trade unions' rights; he was knighted and appointed a privy councillor in 1906)
- Final report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the operation and administration of the laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, 1899:page iv (Thomas Palmer Whittaker) page 381 (Thos. P. Whittaker)
- Free trade, reciprocity, and foreign competition, 1879?:title page (Thomas P. Whittaker)
- The drink trade and state purchase, 1915:title page (by the Rt. Hon. Sir T. P. Whittaker, M.P.)
- The ownership, tenure and taxation of land, 1914:title page (by the Right Honble. Sir Thomas P. Whittaker, P.C., M.P.)
- The temperance question in relation to sociology and economics, 1907:title page (Sir Thomas Whittaker)
- Wikipedia, August 9, 2017(Thomas Whittaker (Liberal politician); Sir Thomas Palmer Whittaker PC MP (7 January 1850--9 November 1919) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician; Whittaker was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire; following education at Huddersfield College he entered business at the age of 16, selling hardware and iron goods; in 1882 he became the editor of a number of newspapers, subsequently moving to the London area; at the 1892 general election Whittaker was elected to the Commons as Liberal member of parliament for the Spen Valley constituency in the West Riding of Yorkshire; he was re-elected at each subsequent election, holding the seat until his death; in parliament he was a committed advocate of the temperance movement and sought reform of the alcohol licensing laws; this led to his appointment as a member of the Royal Commission on Licensing of 1896-1899; outside parliament Whittaker continued to have a number business interests including being chairman and managing director of the Life Assurance Institution; he was knighted in 1906, and appointed to the privy council in 1908; he was appointed the chairman of the Select Committee on Parliamentary Procedure in 1914; during World War I, his connections with the newspaper industry led him to be named chairman in 1916 of the Royal Commission on the Importation of Paper; he died suddenly in November 1919 aged 69, while visiting Lady Hartington in Eastbourne, Sussex)
- Whittaker, Thomas Palmer, Sir. Free trade, reciprocity, and foreign competition, 1879?:t.p. (Thomas P. Whittaker)