Education
Clare College.
Clare College.
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster and Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1900. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1908, and was called to the bar in 1909.
He defended the boxer Jackie Brown on an assault charge in 1934, with Edgar Lustgarten as his junior.
36th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe, 1931–1935.