Arthur Wellesley
Soames
Male
England
1852-11-30
Brighton, Sussex, England
1934-11-02
Westminster, London, England
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Soames_(politician):
Arthur Wellesley Soames was a British Liberal politician and architect. Soames was born in Brighton, the son of William Aldwin Soames. He was educated at Brighton College, the public school which his father had founded in 1845, and in 1871 he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained his B.A. in 1877 and M.A. in 1881. In 1876, he married Eveline, the daughter of Timothy Horsman Coles from Ore in East Sussex. They had three sons and two daughters. Of the three sons, two, Gilbert and Maurice, were killed during the First World War.
Soames studied architecture under Sir Arthur Blomfield who was an Associate of the Royal Academy. He then set up his own architectural practice between 1882 and 1898. Soames was a Liberal in the Radical tradition. He was Chairman of the East Marylebone Liberal and Radical Association. He was adopted as the Radical candidate for Ipswich at the 1892 general election and fought the seat, without success, in 1895.
However, he got his opportunity to enter Parliament at a by-election in the constituency of South Norfolk held on 12 May 1898. The by-election was occasioned by the resignation on grounds of ill health of the sitting Liberal Unionist (formerly Liberal) MP, Francis Taylor. Standing as a Radical, Soames gained 4,625 votes. His Unionist opponent, Sancroft Holmes received 3,295 votes, giving a very healthy Liberal majority of 1,330. Soames decided not to contest his seat again at the 1918 general election, by that time he was aged 66 years.
1880 - 1884
2
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1884 - North Northamptonshire LTC (Amateur)
1881 - St. Leonards-On-Sea (Amateur)
Round 1
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
H.O. Hall
6-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
Eustace Harvey Stockdale
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
C.S. Magee
6-3
6-5
Final
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
G.H. Evans
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
Henry Sturgeon Roughton
6-4
2-6
4-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
B. Clarke-Thornhill
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
G. Thurston
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
G.H. Evans
6-4
6-5
Semifinals
Henry Sturgeon Roughton 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Soames
6-5
6-3
Challenge Round
Robert Stuart Wilson 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Soames
2
sets
to
1
Round 1
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
Cecil Fullerton Smith
?
Quarterfinals
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
Arthur Roger Napier Coles
?
Semifinals
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
bye
Final
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
A.H. Trevor
?
Challenge Round
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
Robert Stuart Wilson
6-3
6-5
6-5
Semifinals
Arthur Wellesley Soames 1 *
F.A. Coles
?
Final
Robert Stuart Wilson 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Soames
?