William Craven Craven-Ellis (1880 – 17 December 1959), born William Craven Ellis, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Ellis was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and became a senior partner of Ellis & Sons, Valuers and Surveyors. He assumed the name Craven-Ellis by deed poll in 1931.
In both the 1923 and 1929 general elections, he unsuccessfully contested the safe Labour-held seat of Barnsley as a Conservative. He was elected as a National Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton in the 1931 general election, and held the seat until his defeat in the 1945 general election. Craven-Ellis had been selected as the Conservative candidate prior to the 1931 election but contested it as a National. The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1935, however, treats him as a Conservative. In the House of Commons, he was chair of the Parliamentary Monetary Committee from 1934 to 1944.
Notes
- The Collected Interwar Papers and Correspondence of Roy Harrod
- Craig 1983, p. 72.
- Craig 1983, pp. 243–244.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1935. Politico's. 2003. ISBN 978-1-84275-033-9.
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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Member of Parliament for Southampton 1931–1945 With: Sir Charles Barrie, to 1940 Sir John Reith Russell Thomas, 1940–1945 |
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