During the World War I, he was responsible for acquiring sufficient quantities of glycerine for the manufacture of cordite propellant. He also persuaded the War Office to drop its minimum height for recruits to enable "Bantam battalions" to be formed.
alfred, bigland, 1855, 1936, english, industrialist, from, 1910, 1922, percy, bigland, williamson, gallery, museumborn1855died1936occupation, industrialist, politicianlife, editbigland, born, march, 1855, edwin, bigland, birkenhead, educated, quaker, school, s. Alfred Bigland 1855 1936 was an English industrialist and an MP from 1910 to 1922 Alfred BiglandAlfred Bigland MP by Percy Bigland now in Williamson Art Gallery amp MuseumBorn1855Died1936Occupation s Industrialist politicianLife editBigland was born on 15 March 1855 son of Edwin Bigland of Birkenhead He was educated at the Quaker school at Sidcot As a supporter of the First World War he resigned his membership of Quakers in 1914 1 He married Emily Jane Arkle in 1878 they had a son Douglas and two daughters Mrs Bigland died in 1931 2 3 He was elected to Parliament as a Conservative and Unionist in the December 1910 general election for the Birkenhead Constituency and in 1918 for the new constituency of East Birkenhead sitting until defeated in the 1922 general election by a Liberal His particular political interest was Tariff reform During the World War I he was responsible for acquiring sufficient quantities of glycerine for the manufacture of cordite propellant He also persuaded the War Office to drop its minimum height for recruits to enable Bantam battalions to be formed His portrait painted by his brother Percy Bigland is in the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead 4 5 References edit Thomas C Kennedy British Quakerism 1860 1920 the transformation of a religious community 2001 p312 The Times Monday 10 February 1936 page 17 Issue 47294 col F Obituary of Mr Alfred Bigland Who was Who Portrait of Alfred Bigland Biographical note on Percy Bigland Alfred s brother in notes to The correspondence of James McNeill WhistlerExternal links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Alfred BiglandParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byHenry Vivian Member of Parliament for BirkenheadDec 1910 1918 Constituency split into East and West BirkenheadNew constituency Member of Parliament for Birkenhead East1918 1922 Succeeded byGraham White Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Bigland amp oldid 1170714487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
