William George Howard Gritten FRGS[1] (7 February 1870 – 5 April 1943), also known as W. G. Howard Gritten, was a barrister and writer, and a British Conservative politician, who was elected a Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools in 1918, until 1922, and re-elected in 1929 until his death in 1943.[2][3]

Born in Westminster, London, on 7 Feb 1870,[4] Gritten was the only son of William Gritten (an architect)[1] and his wife Annie Howard (d.1907). In 1918, he married Helena Blanche Paget, the daughter of the late Commander Webb, R.N.[4] He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, won the Donald E. Bridgman Essay Prize, and graduated with honours in Literae Humaniores.[5]

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  1. ^ a b Who was who: a companion to Who's who: containing the biographies of those who died during the period, Volume 2, Publisher: A. & C. Black, 1967. (page 475)
  2. ^ Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Sir Cuthbert Morley Headlam, Stuart Ball (editor), Camden fifth series, Volume 14, publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-66143-9, ISBN 978-0-521-66143-0, 665 pages (page 229)
  3. ^ "Mr William Gritten", @ theyworkforyou.com
  4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons, and the judicial bench, Published 1922 (page 69)
  5. ^ "Mr W.G.H. Gritten", Obituary, The Times (London), Thursday, 8 April 1943, page 7, Issue 49515
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools
19181922
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools
19291943
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