West Germany | West Bengal | West Virginia | West Indies | West End | West Yorkshire | Kanye West | West End theatre | The West Wing | West | West Midlands | West Bank | West Point | West Side Story | West Java | West Africa | West Berlin | West Sussex | Key West | Mae West | West Coast | West Riding of Yorkshire | West Coast Main Line | Halifax, West Yorkshire | West Bromwich Albion F.C. | West Texas | West Ham United F.C. | West Indies cricket team | West Indian | West Chester, Pennsylvania |
He had previously represented Newington West in the House of Commons and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1905 to 1910 and as Assistant Postmaster General between 1910 and 1916.
The vacancy arose when it was announced in the 1916 New Year Honours that Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan, the Liberal MP for Newington West since 1892, was to be elevated to the peerage.