Lance Mallalieu Explained

Lance Mallalieu
Term Start:1973
Term End:1974
Term Start2:1971
Term End2:1973
Predecessor2:Office created
Term Start3:24 March 1948
Term End3:8 February 1974
Successor3:Constituency abolished[1]
Term Start4:27 October 1931
Term End4:25 October 1935
Birth Date:14 March 1905
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Sir Edward Lancelot Mallalieu (14 March 1905 – 11 November 1979), known as Lance Mallalieu, was a British politician.[2]

Of Huguenot origin, a son of Frederick Mallalieu, a Member of Parliament, Mallalieu's ancestors had settled at Saddleworth in the early 1600s, where they lived in humble circumstances working as weavers. Frederick Mallalieu's father, Henry (1831–1902), was a self-made businessman, at the age of twelve a hand-loom weaver, but becoming a woolen manufacturer, chairman of ironworks companies, and the magistrate.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Lancelot Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford,[7] Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford.[8]

At the 1931 general election, Mallalieu was elected as the Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Colne Valley. His win was notable as it was a gain from Labour despite the presence of a Conservative candidate, unusual for 1931. His predecessor was the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden, who had decided to stand down. His father Frederick Mallalieu had been MP for the same seat from 1916 to 1922.

Mallalieu was a member of the main Liberal group in parliament led by Sir Herbert Samuel. He followed his leader into opposition in 1933. He served until the 1935 general election, when he lost his seat to Labour's Ernest Marklew.

After joining the Labour Party, he returned to the House of Commons in 1948, at a by-election on 24 March in the Brigg constituency, where he served as MP until he retired in 1974. From 1964 until 1970, he was Second Church Estates Commissioner.[9] He was a Deputy Speaker of the Commons from 1971 to 1974.

Mallalieu was knighted in the 1979 Dissolution Honours.

Family

Edward Mallalieu's brother, William, was Labour MP for Huddersfield from 1945 to 1950, then for Huddersfield East from 1950 to 1979. Sir William Mallalieu's daughter, Ann, has been a Labour life peer since 1991. His uncle, Albert Henry Mallalieu, was head of that family of Tan-y-Marian, Llandudno.[10] [11]

Arms

Escutcheon:Azure on a chevron Ermine between three fleurs-de-lis Argent four bezants on a chief Ermines a rose of the third barbed and seeded Proper.
Notes:Granted in 1920.
Symbolism:Fleurs-de-lis refer to Huguenot ancestry, motto cants on family name.
Motto:Mal A Lui Qui Mal En Dit (Evil To Him Who Speaks Evil)[12] [13]

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Notes and References

  1. [John Ellis (Labour politician)|John Ellis]
  2. News: MP's son signed up as a steelworks labourer. 28 February 2011. Scunthorpe Telegraph. 1 May 2017.
  3. The Huguenot Ancestry of the Mallalieus of Saddleworth, D. F. E. Sykes, 1920, pp. 45, 146
  4. Web site: Henry Mallalieu - Graces Guide.
  5. Web site: Family history M.
  6. The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, vol. 61, issue 1, Iron and Steel Institute, 1902, p. 391, "Obituary – Henry Mallalieu"
  7. Web site: Eminent Dragons. Dragon School. 7 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110902082408/http://www.dragonschool.org/old-dragons/alumni/our-history/eminent-dragons.html. 2 September 2011. dmy-all.
  8. Who's Who 1938, p. 2215
  9. Web site: Second Church Estates Commissioners Accessdate=6 July 2024 . December 2014 . Church of England Parliamentary Unit.
  10. Burke's Landed Gentry, 15th edition, 1937, Mallalieu of Tan-y-Marian pedigree
  11. On Larkhill, J. P. W. Mallalieu, Allison & Busby, 1983, p. 21
  12. Web site: Arms and the Woman: The Heraldry of Women Parliamentarians . Duncan Sutherland . The Heraldry Society . 26 April 2022.
  13. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 2019 . 3522.