Charles Waley Cohen Explained

Lt-Col Charles Waley Cohen CMG CBE (1879 – 16 January 1963), was a British soldier, barrister and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Cohen was born the third son of Nathaniel Louis Cohen, a stock broker, and Julia Matilda Waley. Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952) was his brother and Dorothea Waley Singer (1882–1964) was his sister. He was educated at Clifton College^[1] and Balliol College, Oxford. He married in 1909.^[2] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 Birthday Honours.

Professional career

Cohen was a Barrister who was Called to Bar in 1903. He served in the Army from 1915 to 1921. He was Mentioned in dispatches, awarded the CMG and the Légion d’honneur.^[3]

Political career

Cohen was Liberal candidate for the Yeovil division of Somerset at the 1923 Yeovil by-election and at the 1923 General Election shortly after. He was Liberal candidate for the Portsmouth Central division of Hampshire at the 1929 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.^[4]

Electoral record

Notes and References

1. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 4573: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
2. ‘COHEN, Lt-Col Charles Waley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 Feb 2016
3. ‘COHEN, Lt-Col Charles Waley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 Feb 2016
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig