Education
Lancelot Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford., Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Lancelot Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford., Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford.
At the 1931 general election, Mallalieu was elected as the Liberal Party Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Colne Valley. His predecessor was the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden, who had decided to stand down. His father Frederick Mallalieu had been Member of Parliament for the same seat from 1916 to 1922.
He followed his leader into opposition in 1933.
He served until the 1935 general election, when he lost his seat to Labour"s Ernest Marklew. After joining the Labour Party, he returned to the House of Commons in 1948, at a by-election on 24 March in the Brigg constituency, where he served as Member of Parliament until he retired in 1974.
He was a Deputy Speaker of the Commons from 1971 to 1974. Edward Mallalieu"s brother, Joseph, was Labour Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 1945 to 1950, then for Huddersfield East from 1950 to 1979.
Joseph"s daughter, Ann, has been a Labour life peer since 1991.
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Mallalieu was a member of the main Liberal group in parliament led by Sir Herbert Samuel.