Robert Price (Liberal politician)

Sir Robert John Price (26 April 1854 – 18 April 1926)^[1] was a British surgeon, barrister and Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1918, and was one of only a few British politicians to have also pursued careers in both medicine and the law.^[2]

He was the son of Edward Price of Highgate, North London and his wife Elvina née Mountford.^[3] He was educated at Cholmeley School, better known as Highgate School, in Highgate and at University College Hospital, where he graduated M.R.C.S.E. in 1876.^[3] He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1883.^[3]

Price elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Norfolk,^[4] and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1918 general election.

He was knighted in 1908.^[3]

Price died on 18 April 1926, at age 71, at Sussex Mansions in London.^[2]

Personal life

In 1881 he married Eva Montgomery, daughter of Jasper Wilson Johns, who had been a Liberal MP for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire.^[3]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
^ ^a ^b "Sir Robert Price". The Times. London. 20 April 1926. pp. 18, col D.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hesilridge, Arthur G. M. (1918). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918. London: Dean & Son. p. 134.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 351. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Robert Price

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Edward Birkbeck	Member of Parliament for East Norfolk 1892 – 1918	Succeeded by Michael Falcon

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)

[times-obit-2] "Sir Robert Price". The Times. London. 20 April 1926. pp. 18, col D.

[debrett-1918-3] Hesilridge, Arthur G. M. (1918). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918. London: Dean & Son. p. 134.

[craig1885-1918-4] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 351. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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