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Ernest Bird
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'''Ernest Roy Bird''' (13 October 1883 - 27 September 1833) was a British solicitor and Member of Parliament, who represented [[Skipton (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton]] as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Unionist]] between 1924 and his death in 1933.
Bird was educated at [[St. Paul's School, London]] and became a [[solicitor]].<ref name="whowaswho"></ref>
Bird was a founder of the [[Junior Imperial League]], a precursor to the Young Conservatives.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He became a parliamentary candidate after the First World War, when he unsuccessfully contested [[Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Lambeth North]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923 general elections]], and was elected for [[Skipton (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|1924 general election]], after the incumbent MP retired. He was re-elected with a comfortable majority in [[United Kingdom general election, 1929|1929]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931]].
In Parliament, one of Bird's achievements was the [[Solicitors Act 1933]].<ref name="death">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He died in September 1933, while on a visit to [[South Africa]].<ref name="death"/>
He had two daughters; Ursula married [[Sir Charles Kimber, 3rd Baronet|Charles Kimber]] in December 1933 (marriage dissolved 1949), and Pamela married [[Henry Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford|Henry Nelson]], later Baron Nelson, in 1940.
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:UK MPs 1924–29]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1929–31]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1931–35]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs]]
[[Category:20th-century British politicians]]
[[Category:1883 births]]
[[Category:1933 deaths]]
Bird was educated at [[St. Paul's School, London]] and became a [[solicitor]].<ref name="whowaswho"></ref>
Bird was a founder of the [[Junior Imperial League]], a precursor to the Young Conservatives.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He became a parliamentary candidate after the First World War, when he unsuccessfully contested [[Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Lambeth North]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923 general elections]], and was elected for [[Skipton (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|1924 general election]], after the incumbent MP retired. He was re-elected with a comfortable majority in [[United Kingdom general election, 1929|1929]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931]].
In Parliament, one of Bird's achievements was the [[Solicitors Act 1933]].<ref name="death">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He died in September 1933, while on a visit to [[South Africa]].<ref name="death"/>
He had two daughters; Ursula married [[Sir Charles Kimber, 3rd Baronet|Charles Kimber]] in December 1933 (marriage dissolved 1949), and Pamela married [[Henry Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford|Henry Nelson]], later Baron Nelson, in 1940.
==References==
==External links==
*
[[Category:UK MPs 1924–29]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1929–31]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1931–35]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs]]
[[Category:20th-century British politicians]]
[[Category:1883 births]]
[[Category:1933 deaths]]
April 18, 2019 at 11:51PM
