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Sir Richard Winfrey (5 August 1858 – 18 April 1944) was a British Liberal Party politician, newspaper publisher and campaigner for agricultural rights. He served as Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1906–1923, and for Gainsborough, 1923–1924.
Biography
Winfrey was born at Long Sutton in Lincolnshire on 5 August 1858. He married Annie Lucy Pattinson of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, in 1897. His wife's brothers, Samuel Pattinson (1870–1942) and Sir Robert Pattinson (1872–1954), were later both Liberal MPs; Samuel for Horncastle from 1922 to 1924 and Robert for Grantham from 1922 to 1923.[1] In religion Winfrey was a Congregationalist.[2] He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1914.[3]
He died on 18 April 1944 in Castor House, Castor, Peterborough.
Publishing
In 1887, Richard Winfrey purchased the Spalding Guardian, a local newspaper that was to provide the basis for the Winfrey family's newspaper interests. His next purchase was the Lynn News; he also started the North Cambs Echo and bought the Peterborough Advertiser.
During World War II Winfrey's newspaper interests began to be passed over to his son, Richard Pattinson 'Pat' Winfrey (1902–1985) who had himself unsuccessfully stood in the Holland with Boston by-election in 1924.[4] In 1947, under the direction of Pat Winfrey, the family's newspaper titles were consolidated to form the East Midland Allied Press, later the EMAP media group.[5]
Politics
Winfrey first contested South West Norfolk as a Liberal at the general election of 1895
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Leigh Hare | 3,968 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 3,762 | 48.7 | ||
Majority | 206 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,730 | 84.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
and tried again in 1900.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Leigh Hare | 3,702 | 50.4 | -0.9 | |
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 3,636 | 49.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 66 | 0.8 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,338 | 84.0 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 |
He was elected Liberal MP for South West Norfolk at the 1906 Liberal landslide election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 4,416 | 55.7 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Sir Thomas Leigh Hare | 3,513 | 44.3 | -6.1 | |
Majority | 903 | 10.4 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,929 | 88.7 | +4.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 |
and he held the seat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 4,239 | 51.5 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Sir Thomas Leigh Hare | 4,000 | 48.5 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 239 | 3.0 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,239 | 91.1 | +2.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 4,176 | 52.7 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Albert Edward Stanley Clarke | 3,745 | 47.3 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 431 | 5.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,921 | 87.6 | -3.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
with the help of the Coalition Government coupon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal |
|
unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Richard Winfrey | 10,432 | 54.7 | n/a | |
Labour | William Benjamin Taylor | 8,655 | 45.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,777 | 9.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 19,087 | 59.1 | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
until 1923. He also represented Gainsborough from 1923 to 1924.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Richard Winfrey | 9,694 | 47.1 | ||
Unionist | John Elsdale Molson | 7,841 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | James Read | 3,039 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 1,853 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,574 | 75.4 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |