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| name = George Henry Roberts
| name = George Henry Roberts
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| caption = Roberts in the mid 1900's
| caption = Roberts in the mid 1900s
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| office = [[Minister of Food Control]]
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| leader3 = [[Arthur Henderson]]<br />[[William Adamson]]
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| term_start3 = 1916
| term_end3 = 1919
| term_end3 = 1919
| predecessor3 = [[Frank Goldstone]]
| predecessor3 = [[Frank Goldstone]]
| successor3 = [[William Tyson Wilson]]
| successor3 = [[William Tyson Wilson]]
| leader4 = [[Keir Hardie]]<br>[[Arthur Henderson]]<br>[[George Barnes (British politician)|George Barnes]]<br>[[Ramsay MacDonald]]
| leader4 = [[Keir Hardie]]<br />[[Arthur Henderson]]<br />[[George Barnes (British politician)|George Barnes]]<br />[[Ramsay MacDonald]]
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'''George Henry Roberts''' [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (27 July 1868 – 25 April 1928) was a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who switched parties twice.
'''George Henry Roberts''' (27 July 1868 – 25 April 1928) was a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who switched parties twice.



==Biography==
==Biography==
He was born on 27 July 1868.
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At the [[United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906 general election]], he was elected as [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]]. He was a minister in the [[David Lloyd George|Lloyd George]] [[Coalition Government 1916-1922|Coalition Government]] as [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade]] from 1916 to 1917, [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]] from 1917 to 1919, and [[Minister of Food Control]] from 1919 to 1920. He was appointed as a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] in 1917.


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At the [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906 general election]], he was elected as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]]. He was a minister in the [[David Lloyd George|Lloyd George]] [[Lloyd George ministry|Coalition Government]] as [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade]] from 1916 to 1917, [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]] from 1917 to 1919, and [[Minister of Food Control]] from 1919 to 1920. He was appointed as a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] in 1917.
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Roberts stood in [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918]] as a [[Coalition Labour]] candidate, opposed by the official Labour Party candidate. After leaving office in 1920, Roberts returned as a director to the firm he had left as works manager upon entering Parliament in [[United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906]]. He sat on the back-benches and as a Lloyd George [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] retained his seat in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922 election]] but lost it as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate in [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923]]. Roberts spent the rest of his life in the [[sugar beet]] industry.

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Roberts stood in [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]] as a [[Coalition Labour]] candidate, opposed by the official Labour Party candidate. After leaving office in 1920, Roberts returned as a director to the firm he had left as works manager upon entering Parliament in [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]. He sat on the back-benches and as an independent retained his seat in the [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 election]] but lost it as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate in [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]. Roberts spent the rest of his life in the [[sugar beet]] industry.

He died on 25 April 1928.


==References==
==References==
*{{cite ODNB|id=35769|title=Roberts, George Henry|first=Marc|last=Brodie}}
*{{cite ODNB|id=35769|title=Roberts, George Henry|first=Marc|last=Brodie}}

===Bibliography===
Meeres, Frank. ''George Roberts MP. A Life That 'Did Different'''. (Poppyland Publishing, 2019)


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 19:23, 15 December 2021

The Right Honourable
George Henry Roberts
Roberts in the mid 1900s
Minister of Food Control
In office
10 January 1919 – 19 March 1920
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byJohn Robert Clynes
Succeeded byCharles McCurdy
Minister for Labour
In office
17 August 1917 – 10 January 1919
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byJohn Hodge
Succeeded byRobert Horne
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
In office
14 December 1916 – 17 August 1917
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byE. G. Pretyman
Succeeded byGeorge Wardle
Chief Whip of the Labour Party
In office
1916–1919
LeaderArthur Henderson
William Adamson
Preceded byFrank Goldstone
Succeeded byWilliam Tyson Wilson
In office
1907–1914
LeaderKeir Hardie
Arthur Henderson
George Barnes
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded byArthur Henderson
Succeeded byArthur Henderson
Member of Parliament
for Norwich
In office
8 February 1906 – 6 December 1923
Preceded bySir Samuel Hoare
Succeeded byDorothy Jewson
Personal details
Born(1868-07-27)27 July 1868
Died25 April 1928(1928-04-25) (aged 59)
NationalityBritish
Other political
affiliations		Labour
Coalition Labour

George Henry Roberts (27 July 1868 – 25 April 1928) was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.

Biography

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He was born on 27 July 1868.

At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich. He was a minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1916 to 1917, Minister of Labour from 1917 to 1919, and Minister of Food Control from 1919 to 1920. He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor in 1917.

Roberts stood in 1918 as a Coalition Labour candidate, opposed by the official Labour Party candidate. After leaving office in 1920, Roberts returned as a director to the firm he had left as works manager upon entering Parliament in 1906. He sat on the back-benches and as an independent retained his seat in the 1922 election but lost it as the Conservative candidate in 1923. Roberts spent the rest of his life in the sugar beet industry.

He died on 25 April 1928.

References

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  • Brodie, Marc. "Roberts, George Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35769. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Bibliography

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Meeres, Frank. George Roberts MP. A Life That 'Did Different'. (Poppyland Publishing, 2019)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Norwich
1906–1923
With: Louis Tillett, to Jan 1910
Frederick Low, 1910–1915
Hilton Young, from 1915 		Succeeded by
Trade union offices
Preceded by Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour
1911
With: James Crinion 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the Labour Party
1912–1913 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Labour
1917–1919 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Food Control
1919–1920 		Succeeded by
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