Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott
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The Right Honourable The Lord Emmott GCMG GBE PC |
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circa 1905
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| Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 1906–1911 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Preceded by | Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet |
| Succeeded by | John Henry Whitley |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
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In office 23 October 1911 – 6 August 1914 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Lucas of Crudwell |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Islington |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 6 August 1914 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl Beauchamp |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Vernon Harcourt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1858 |
| Died |
13 December 1926 (aged 68) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Lees |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott GCMG GBE PC (8 May 1858 – 13 December 1926) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.
The eldest surviving son of Thomas Emmott, of Brookfield, Oldham, he was educated at Grove House, Tottenham, and at the University of London. He became a partner in Emmott and Walshall, cotton spinners, of Oldham.
In 1881, Emmott entered the Oldham Municipal Borough Council and was mayor of the town between 1891 and 1892. In 1899 he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Oldham, a seat he held until 1911. It was a two-member seat, and Winston Churchill, who started his political career there, was the other MP from 1900 to 1906.
He served as Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) from 1906 to 1911 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1908. In October 1911 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies by H. H. Asquith and the following month he was raised to the peerage as Baron Emmott, of Oldham in the County Palatine of Lancaster. He remained at the Colonial Office until 1914 and was then a member of Asquith's cabinet as First Commissioner of Works between 1914 and 1915.
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