George Taylor Ramsden

British politician

George Taylor Ramsden (6 April 1879 – 9 October 1936) was a British parliamentarian.

As Lieutenant George Taylor Ramsden he was elected as a Coalition Unionist member of parliament for Elland in 1918, defeating the sitting Liberal member Charles Trevelyan (who was running as a Labour Independent). He lost the seat to Labour in 1922. He died aged 57 in 1936 in his house in Boston Spa, and was survived by his wife Elizabeth.

References

  • Death Notices, The Times, Tuesday, 13 October 1936
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Taylor Ramsden
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Philips Trevelyan
Member of Parliament for Elland
19181922
Succeeded by
William Cornforth Robinson


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