Background
He was born on 26 December 1866, the third son of James Booth Elverston of Heaton Chapel, Manchester. He married in 1899, Josephine Taylor, daughter of J. J. Taylor of Rusholme, a newspaper proprietor.
He was born on 26 December 1866, the third son of James Booth Elverston of Heaton Chapel, Manchester. He married in 1899, Josephine Taylor, daughter of J. J. Taylor of Rusholme, a newspaper proprietor.
He was educated privately.
They had three sons. He served on the Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation from 1906-1910. He served as Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation from 1906-1925. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Cheshire.
He first stood for parliament when he contested the Worcester by-election, 1908, a seat that the Conservatives held.
The miners unions were independent until the Miners" Federation of Great Britain voted to affiliate to the Labour Party. They instructed all miners sponsored MPs to stand for re-election as Labour candidates and this is what happeneded in Gateshead.
He held the seat at the following General Election shortly after;
He did not stand for parliament again. He was knighted in 1911.
As a result, he finished bottom of the poll;
He again served on the Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation from 1921-1925.
He was a Director of Mutual Finance Limited.
However, the local Liberal Association wanted a Liberal candidate to defend the seat and selected Elverston. He sought to defend his seat at the General Election at the end of the war but was up against a Unionist candidate who was supported by the Coalition Government.
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He was a member of Manchester City Council. He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Gateshead from 1910-1918.
He was elected as a member of Cheshire County Council in 1921.
Outside politics he was a member of the Council of Manchester Royal College of Music. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Royal London Mutual Assurance Society.
