Frederick Low (British politician)

Sir Frederick Low (21 November 1856 – 4 September 1917)[1] was an English lawyer, judge[2] and Liberal Party politician.

Frederick Low

Low was educated privately and at Westminster School.[3] He qualified as a solicitor in 1878, and was called to the bar in 1890, practising on the South-Eastern Circuit and becoming an authority on local government and licensing.[3] He became a King's Counsel in 1902,[4] and became recorder of Ipswich in 1906.[5] He was knighted in 1909.[6]

At the 1900 general election, Low unsuccessfully contested Salisbury,[7] and he was unsuccessful again when he contested Clapham in 1906.[8] He won a seat on his third attempt, when he was elected at the January 1910 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Norwich.[9] He was re-elected in December 1910,[10] and held the seat until January 1915, when he was appointed as a Judge of the King's Bench division of the High Court.[11][12]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. Kaczynski, Richard (2010). Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley. North Atlantic Books. p. 205. ISBN 9781556438998. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. "The Times House of Commons 1910". London, 1910. Page 45
  4. "No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2416.
  5. "No. 27972". The London Gazette. 30 November 1906. p. 8443.
  6. "No. 28321". The London Gazette. 24 December 1909. p. 9763.
  7. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  8. Craig, page 4
  9. "No. 28338". The London Gazette. 11 February 1910. p. 1034.
  10. "No. 28449". The London Gazette. 23 December 1910. p. 9554.
  11. Craig, pages 160–161
  12. "No. 29063". The London Gazette. 9 February 1915. p. 1318.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Louis Tillett
George Henry Roberts		 Member of Parliament for Norwich
January 1910–1915
With: George Henry Roberts		 Succeeded by
Hilton Young
George Henry Roberts


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