John Pratt (Liberal politician)
- John Pratt (Liberal politician)
Sir John William Pratt (9 September 1873-27 October 1952), was a Scottish Liberal politician.
Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922. He served in the coalition government of David Lloyd George as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1916 to 1919 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland from 1919 to 1922. He was knighted in 1922 but lost his seat in the general election of the same year and never returned to the House of Commons.
Pratt died in October 1952, aged 79.
References
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
John Pratt (Canadian politician) — John William Pratt (October 22, 1894 December 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936.Pratt was born at Hempton, Oxfordshire, England. He was educated at Merchant Taylors… … Wikipedia
John Pratt — may refer to:*John Pratt (judge) (1657–1725), Lord Chief Justice of England and interim Chancellor of the Exchequer *John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759–1840), British politician *John Pratt (Liberal politician) (1873 1952), Scottish Liberal… … Wikipedia
John Hessin Clarke — Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court In office July 24, 1916[1] – September … Wikipedia
John Major — For other people named John Major, see John Major (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir John Major KG CH ACIB Major in 2 … Wikipedia
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon — The Right Honourable The Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain … Wikipedia
Pratt Institute — Infobox University name = Pratt Institute motto = Be True To Your Work And Your Work Will be True To You established = 1887 type = Private faculty = 899 head label = President head = President Thomas F. Schutte undergrad = 3,070 postgrad = 1,607… … Wikipedia
David Pratt (politician) — The Honourable David Pratt PC Minister of National Defense In office December 12, 2003 – July 19, 2004 Prime Minister Paul Martin … Wikipedia
David Johnston (politician) — Senator The Honourable David Johnston Senator for Western Australia Incumbent Assumed office July 2002 Shadow Minister for Defence … Wikipedia
Chris Evans (Australian politician) — For other people of the same name, see Christopher Evans (disambiguation). The Honourable Chris Evans Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations … Wikipedia
Mark Robinson (Australian politician) — Mark Robinson MP Member of the Queensland Parliament for Cleveland Incumbent … Wikipedia
