Charles Gold (MP)

Charles Gold

Sir Charles Gold DL, JP (1837 – 2 November 1924), was a British company director, landowner and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden from 1895 to 1900.

Background

Gold was born the son of Michael Gold, of Birmingham. In 1859 he married Fanny Georgina Gilbey. They had two sons. He was knighted in 1906. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant and served as a Justice of the peace for Essex.[1]

Professional career

Gold was a director of his brother-in-law Walter Gilbey's wine and spirits retail company, W. and A. Gilbey.[2] He owned property in Stanstead, Suffolk.[3]

Political career

Gold was selected as Liberal candidate for the Saffron Walden division of Essex for the 1895 General Election. Saffron Walden was already a Liberal seat, so his election to parliament was expected. He served for one parliamentary term before retiring in 1900. He did not stand for parliament again.[4] He continued to support the Liberal Party, being a major financial contributor to the party in Saffron Walden in 1906.[5] In 1910 he left the Liberals to join the Conservatives due to his opposition to Lloyd George's People's Budget that introduced new taxes on landowners.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 'GOLD, Sir Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 May 2016
  2. ↑ 'GOLD, Sir Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 May 2016
  3. ↑ Herts and Essex Observer, 8 January 1910
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ A Liberal Chronicle: Journals and Papers of J.A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1908–1910
  6. ↑ Herts and Essex Observer, 8 January 1910
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