Walter Russell Rea

March 18, 1873 (age 75)

He was elected to the House of Commons for Scarborough in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and served under H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1915 to 1916. He later represented Bradford North between 1923 and 1924 and Dewsbury between 1931 and 1935. From 1931 to 1932 he held office in the National Government of Ramsay Macdonald as Comptroller of the Household. Rea was created a Baronet, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland, in 1935 and in 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rea, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland. Lord Rea married, firstly, Evelyn, daughter of J. J. Muirhead, in 1896. Lady Rea died in 1964.

Walter Russell Rea

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Rea was the son of Russell Rea.

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He was elected to the House of Commons for Scarborough in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and served under H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1915 to 1916. He later represented Bradford North between 1923 and 1924 and Dewsbury between 1931 and 1935. From 1931 to 1932 he held office in the National Government of Ramsay Macdonald as Comptroller of the Household.

Rea was created a Baronet, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland, in 1935 and in 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rea, of Eskdale in the County of Cumberland.

Lord Rea married, firstly, Evelyn, daughter of J. J. Muirhead, in 1896. Lady Rea died in 1964.

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28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.

33rd United Kingdom Parliament.

36th United Kingdom Parliament.

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