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unusual facts about Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds



Herbert Fisher

Fisher resigned his seat in parliament through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 15 February 1926, retiring from politics to take up the post of warden of New College, Oxford, which he held until his death.

John Humphrey Davidson

He resigned in 1931 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds to concentrate on his business interests, including a seat on the Vickers-Armstrongs board and a position as chairman of the Bank of Australia between 1937 and 1945.

Liverpool Abercromby by-election, 1917

The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Chaloner had taken the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 18 June 1917, thus effectively resigning from the Commons.

Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough

He retained this seat until 18 June 1917, when he was made Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, a post that expelled him from the Commons, thus effectively resigning from the Commons.

Sir Thomas Worsfold, 1st Baronet

He resigned from the House of Commons on 13 February 1923 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.


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