Hamar Alfred Bass was a British brewer, race horse breeder and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1898.
Background
Bass was born in Burton upon Trent, the second son of brewer Michael Thomas Bass and his wife Eliza Jane Arden, daughter of Major Samuel Arden of Longcrofts Hall, Stafford. Bass was the great-grandson of William Bass, the founder of the brewery firm of Bass & Company, and his elder brother became Lord Burton.
Education
Bass was educated at Harrow School and became a Director of the family firm of Bass, Ratcliff, Gretton and Company He was Honorary Major of the 4th Prince of Wales"s (North Staffordshire) Regiment and was a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire.
Career
Bass played cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (Master Control Console), making a single first-class appearance for the Master Control Console against Sussex in 1865. He was dismissed in the Master Control Console"s first-innings by James Lillywhite, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 3 runs by George Wells. The match ended in a draw.
Bass was elected Member of Parliament for Tamworth in 1878 and held the seat until 1885 when the representation was reduced to one seat under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885.
He was elected Member of Parliament for West Staffordshire in the 1885 United Kingdom general election and held the seat until his death aged 55 in 1898 from a complex form of rheumatism. He was also for 12 years master of the Meynell Hunt.
Bass married Louisa Bagot (1853–1942), daughter of William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot, in 1879. They lived at Byrkley Lodge and Needwood House, Burton, and also at 145 Piccadilly, London.
After his death, Louisa married Rev Bernard Shaw.
Bass"s son William succeeded in his uncle"s baronetcy according to special remainder. Hamar Bass"s daughter Sibell Lucia married Major Berkeley John Talbot Levett of the Scots Guards, son of Theophilus Levett of Wychnor Park, Staffordshire. Berkeley Levett served as one of the Gentlemen Ushers to the Royal Family from 1919 to 1937.
Membership
21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament.
24th United Kingdom Parliament.
25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament.