Background
Houldsworth was the son of Albert Edward Houldsworth and Susannah Buckley.
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Hubert Hubert Stanley Houldsworth
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He was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School and the University of Leeds, where in 1911 he received a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Physics and in 1912 a Master of Science. In 1925 he was awarded a Doctor of Science. In 1951 he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Leeds University.
Career
They had one son, Harold Basil. In 1944 he received a Knighthood. In 1956 he was awarded a Baronetcy in the 1956 New Year Honours.
Houldsworth was Assistant Lecturer in the University of Leeds from 1919-1926.
In 1926 he received a Call to Bar by Lincoln’s Inn. In 1937 he became a Kings Counsel.
He was Joint Coal Supplies Officer for the Midland Area (Mines Department) from September 1939 – July 1942. He was Fuel and Power Controller (North-Eastern Region), Board of Trade, November 1941 – July 1942.
He was Regional Controller (South and West Yorkshire), Ministry of Fuel and Power from 1942-1944.
In 1943 he became a Bencher. He was Controller-General from 1944-1945. He was Chairman of the East Midlands Division of the National Coal Board from 1946-1951.
He was Recorder of Doncaster from 1946-1948.
In 1951 he was appointed Chairman of the National Coal Board. Houldsworth was a Liberal and in July 1927 he was selected as Liberal prospective parliamentary candidate for the Pudsey and Otley division of Yorkshire.
He contested the seat at the 1929 General Election but finished third;
He did not stand for parliament again. He continued to support Liberal and Liberal National candidates.
The Houldsworth Baronetcy, of Heckmondwike in the West Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 January 1956.
Houldsworth was awarded it for his roll as Chairman of the National Coal Board.
Views
After the Liberal Party split in 1931, Houldsworth, defended the actions of Sir John Simon and his breakaway Liberal Nationals.
Membership
Simon was the Member of Parliament for Spen Valley and Houldsworth lived in his constituency and was a member of the local Liberal Association.
Personality
He was Independent Chairman of the District Company-ordinating Committee of the Midland (Amalgamated) District (Coal Mines) Scheme 1930, from September 1936 to July 1942.
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Political Party
The Liberal Party