Background
HAVERSHAM, Master of Arts was born on August 19, 1835 in London. Son of 1st Baronetand Anne,d.of Wm.Pulsford,Linslade Manor, Buckinghamshire.
HAVERSHAM, Master of Arts was born on August 19, 1835 in London. Son of 1st Baronetand Anne,d.of Wm.Pulsford,Linslade Manor, Buckinghamshire.
Eton; Balliol and Brasenose Colleges Oxford. Open classical Scholarship Brasenose College, classical Honours, Moderations and Final Schools. Master of Arts.
Member of Parliament (Liberal) Wells, 1865-1868. Bath, 1873-1885; Walsall, 1893-1895. 1900-1905; served ten years in Grenadier Guards, of 2nd Battalion of which he acted as Adjutant.
Was in command of London Rifle Brigade for nine years.
Moved resolution against Earl Russell’s Redistribution of Seats Bill in 1866. A Lord of the Treasury, 1880.
Financial Secretary at War Office, 1882. Remained in office during the two expeditions to Egypt and Suakin, until defeat of the Government, 1885.
Chairman Public Accounts Committee, 1901-1905.
Served for 15 years on the Executive Committee of the Royal Patriotic Fund. Chairman Macedonian Relief Committee. Professional Corporation 1894, Justice of the Peace, Doctorate.L.
Liberal.
Clubs: Brooks’s, Travellers", Devonshire, National Liberal.