John William Logan

John William Logan

John William Logan, known as "Paddy" Logan, (died 1922), was a civil engineering contractor and Liberal MP for Harborough.

His health was poor because of a hunting accident and he resigned as MP on two occasions. Logan had won Harborough from the Tories at a by-election on 8 May 1891 and held it until 1904. He returned at the second general election of 1910, only to resign again six years later.

He has the distinction to have been appointed as both Steward of the Manor of Northstead and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was appointed to the former post in 1904 and to the latter in 1916. The Stewards of the Manor of Northstead and of the Chiltern Hundreds are notional 'offices of profit under the crown' which are used a procedural device to enable MPs to resign.

He was the son of John Logan of Newport, Monmouthshire and educated at King's School, Gloucester. JW Logan was a successful railway contractor with the civil engineering firm of Logan & Hemingway. He moved to Leicestershire in 1876 to supervise a railway contract and lived at East Langton Grange, where he gave the village a cricket ground and a hall. He also maintained a cottage home for the children of men killed on his works. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22059#n21 Church Langton | British History Online ] ]

J.W. Logan was a prominent sportsman and one of the founding fathers of the British racing pigeon fancy, [http://www.zyworld.com/themarathonpigeon/mp-2.htm] writing "Logan’s Pigeon Racer’s Handbook". He was President of Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

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