13-560: [REDACTED] Look up Byles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Byles is an English surname (spelling variations Biles, Boyles, Billes, Bailie, Bill and others) and/or transliteration of the Gaelic O'Boyles. People with that name include: Dan Byles (born 1974), British politician, ocean rower and polar explorer Edward Byles Cowell (1826 – 1903), translator of Persian poetry and
26-611: A compromise candidate that both parties could support. Hardie re-buffed his overture and the Conservatives held the seat with Hardie finishing a poor third. For his 1900 Leeds candidature, Byles was endorsed as candidate by the Leeds Trades Council who then sought to get him endorsed by the Liberal Association. However, it soon became clear that Byles did not have the full support of all trades with
39-524: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Byles [REDACTED] Look up Byles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Byles is an English surname (spelling variations Biles, Boyles, Billes, Bailie, Bill and others) and/or transliteration of the Gaelic O'Boyles. People with that name include: Dan Byles (born 1974), British politician, ocean rower and polar explorer Edward Byles Cowell (1826 – 1903), translator of Persian poetry and
52-531: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles William Byles Sir William Pollard Byles (13 February 1839 – 15 October 1917) was a British newspaper owner and radical Liberal politician. Born in Bradford , Yorkshire , in 1839, W P Byles was the son of William Byles, proprietor of the Bradford Observer and Anna Holden of Halifax. He eventually succeeded his father as owner of
65-773: The Leeds East contest was similar to the Bradford East by-election with the Conservative winning due to a split vote. Throughout this period and his career in its entirety, Byles remained a member of the Liberal Party and always took the Liberal whip in the House of Commons. Although he was not a trade unionist, at every election in which he stood he was able to secure the support of his local Trades Council, which
78-564: The Liberal Party and the Independent Labour Party . The 1896 Bradford East by-election was an opportunity for the Liberals to re-gain a seat they had lost to the Conservatives in 1895. However, Keir Hardie had decided to intervene as an ILP candidate, making the contest three-way. In an effort to prevent the Conservative winning due to a split ant-Tory vote, Byles attempted to resolve the situation by suggesting himself as
91-647: The RMS Titanic William Byles (1839 – 1917), British newspaper owner and Liberal politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Byles . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Byles&oldid=1038738453 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
104-568: The RMS Titanic William Byles (1839 – 1917), British newspaper owner and Liberal politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Byles . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Byles&oldid=1038738453 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
117-553: The council's Secretary also seeking the nomination. The Liberals thus chose not to endorse Byles and instead adopt another candidate. Byles decided to run anyway and surprisingly, the Labour Representation Committee stepped in and endorsed him, to the annoyance of many in the local Trades Council who would have happily supported a 'Liberal-Labour' candidate. Byles had thus ended up creating a situation in 1900 that he had sought to avoid in 1896. The outcome of
130-508: The first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University Gary Byles , contemporary Australian Army officer Janice Byles (born 1944), later Janice Meek, ocean rower and polar explorer John Barnard Byles (1801 – 1884), British barrister Junior Byles (born 1948), Jamaican reggae singer Marie Byles (1900 – 1979), conservationist, solicitor and author Mather Byles (1706 – 1788), British North American clergyman Thomas Byles (1870 – 1912), British Catholic priest, passenger on
143-508: The first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University Gary Byles , contemporary Australian Army officer Janice Byles (born 1944), later Janice Meek, ocean rower and polar explorer John Barnard Byles (1801 – 1884), British barrister Junior Byles (born 1948), Jamaican reggae singer Marie Byles (1900 – 1979), conservationist, solicitor and author Mather Byles (1706 – 1788), British North American clergyman Thomas Byles (1870 – 1912), British Catholic priest, passenger on
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#1732787241511156-574: The newspaper, which had been renamed the Yorkshire Observer . He married Sarah Anne Unwin of Colchester in 1865. They had no children. He was knighted in 1911. In 1892 he was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Shipley . Upon election he became a member of the Interparliamentary Union for Peace and Arbitration. He lost his seat three years later to Fortescue Flannery , his Conservative opponent. Byles
169-581: Was a pacifist , and actively opposed the Second Boer War . In 1900 he stood on an anti-war ticket as Labour Representation Committee candidate at Leeds East , but was defeated. He returned to the Commons at the 1906 general election as Liberal MP for Salford North . He was an advanced radical, a strong supporter of Irish Home Rule and an advocate of Land Reform. Byles retained his seat until his death. Byles sought to improve relations between
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