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William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford, PC, PC (NI), DL (23 June 1865 – 8 June 1932), known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He first attracted attention in 1908 when he defeated Winston Churchill, a Liberal Cabinet ...
22 de nov. de 2022 · The book should be withdrawn, he thundered, or else the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, must act to suppress it.
Overview. William Joynson-Hicks. (b. 1865) Quick Reference. (b. London, 23 June 1865; d. 8 June 1932) British; Home Secretary 1924–9; Bt. 1919, Viscount Brentford 1929 Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Joynson-Hicks became a successful solicitor.
William Joynson-Hicks, the son of Henry Hicks and Grace Lynn, was born on 23rd June, 1865. After being educated at Merchant Taylors' School he trained as a solicitor. In 1886 he assumed the surname Joynson-Hicks. A member of the Conservative Party, Joynson-Hicks unsuccessfully contested the seat of North Manchester in the 1900 General Election.
William Joynson-Hicks [popularly known as 'Jix'] (1865-1932; ODNB), MP (C) North-west Manchester, 1908-10, Brentford, 1911-18, Twickenham, 1918-29; junior minister 1922-3; financial secretary, Treasury and then minister of health, 1923; a puritanical and illiberal home secretary, 1924-9; a strong evangelical, member of the Church Assembly, and ...
Viscount Brentford, of Newick in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative politician Sir William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet, chiefly remembered for his tenure as Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929.
29 de mai. de 2013 · The campaign against the nightclubs in the 1920s metropolis, headed by the crusading Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks, is well known in popular histories of the inter-war period.1 This woul...
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