Augustus Frederick Warr

Augustus Frederick Warr (September 1847 – 24 March 1908) was an English solicitor from Liverpool and a Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1902.

Early life

Warr was the third son of Rev George Winter Warr,[1][2] a Church of England vicar of St Saviour's Church in Liverpool and the Canon of Liverpool from 1880 until his death in 1895.[1][3] He was educated at the Royal Institution School in Liverpool, and qualified as a solicitor in 1870.[2]

He married the sister of the lawyer Gorell Barnes.[2]

Career

Warr specialised in commercial law, on which he became an established authority.[2] He became a partner in the firm of Batestons, Warr & Wimshurt, and served as President of the Liverpool Law Society in 1892.[4]

He was elected as a Liverpool City Councillor in November 1894.[4] The Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Baron Henry de Worms was ennobled in November 1895,[5] giving him a seat and the House of Lords and creating a vacancy in his Commons seat, the East Toxteth division of Liverpool.[6] Warr was selected as the Conservative candidate for the resulting by-election, and was returned unopposed.[4][7]

He was re-elected unopposed at the general election in 1900,[8] but found that the increasing workload of Parliament was incompatible with his legal work in Liverpool and his wife's long-term illness.[9] He resigned his seat on 27 October 1902 by the procedural device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds,[10][11] triggering another by-election.

Warr died suddenly at the age of 60 on 24 March 1908, after returning home from business.[2]

References

1. Debrett's House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 155. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
2. "Obituary. Augustus Frederick Warr". The Times. 26 March 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
3. "Obituary: Canon George Winter Warr". The Times. 31 December 1895. p. 4, col B. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
4. "Election Intelligence: Liverpool (East Toxteth division)". The Times. 30 November 1895. p. 11, column E. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
5. "No. 26680". The London Gazette. 15 November 1895. p. 6182.
6. "Court Circular". The Times. 15 October 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
7. "No. 26685". The London Gazette. 3 December 1895. p. 6991.
8. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
9. "Election Intelligence. Liverpool (East Toxteth Division)". The Times. 27 October 1902. p. 10, col B. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
10. "Election Intelligence. Liverpool (East Toxteth Division)". The Times. 29 October 1902. p. 8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
11. "No. 27488". The London Gazette. 28 October 1902. p. 6803.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Augustus Frederick Warr
• Portraits of Augustus Frederick Warr at the National Portrait Gallery, London