William Henderson

Details

Born:

8 August 1891

Died:

1984

Birth place:

UK

Gender:

Male

Ethnicity:

White

Ethnic minority:

No

Religion:

Unknown

Aristocratic connections:

false

Formative occupation:

Writer / Journalist

Election occupation:

Press officer

Parentage:

Arthur Henderson MP and Eleanor Watson

Notes:

Also held ministerial offices after elevation to Peerage. Year of death is assumed, on the basis that his Peerage became extinct in 1984 and he appears to have had no children.

Knighthood/Dame:

False

Highest Office:

Parliamentary Private Secretary

Who's Who volume:

3

Education level:

Secondary

References

Rush ID:

8359

MNIS ID:

Not set

Wikidata Entity ID:

Q8011845

Parliament ID:

Not set

Beamish Person ID:

983

They work for you ID:

Not set

1. HENDERSON, William (1891-1984)

1. 1st Baron Henderson of Westgate

   New Hereditary

   1945

1. Enfield

   Party:	Labour
   Year of election:	1929
   Date of election:	30 May 1929
   Nature of election:	General Election
   Nature of service:	Re-entry
   Year of exit:	1931
   Date of exit:	27 October 1931
   Party:	Labour
   Nature of exit:	Dissolution
   Sponsorship:	None known
   Constituency connection:	None Known
   Notes:	None

2. Enfield

   Party:	Labour
   Year of election:	1923
   Date of election:	6 December 1923
   Nature of election:	General Election
   Nature of service:	First entry
   Year of exit:	1924
   Date of exit:	29 October 1924
   Party:	Labour
   Nature of exit:	Dissolution
   Sponsorship:	None known
   Constituency connection:	None Known
   Notes:	None

1. PPS 1929-1931

   to William Wedgwood Benn, as Secretary of State for India

2. PPS 1923-1924

1. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington

1. Sibling of Arthur Henderson

2. Child of Arthur Henderson

1. Labour Member

1. National Union of Journalists Member

1. Parliamentary Labour Club