Richard Winfrey

Richard Winfrey

Sir Richard Winfrey (1858-1944) was Liberal MP for South West Norfolk from 1906-1923 and Gainsborough from 1923-24. He was a newspaper publisher and campaigner for agricultural rights. He unsuccessfully fought the Lincolnshire seat of Holland with Boston at a by-election in July 1924.

Winfrey was born at Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, 5 August 1858. He married Annie Lucy Pattinson in 1897 and was knighted in 1914. He died 18 April 1944 in Castor House, Castor, Peterborough.

As Mayor of Peterborough he was perhaps the last person to read the Riot Act in August 1914 after anti-German disturbances. [ [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/lookingback?articleid=2954882 Part 2: 'Fen men to the marrow' who have served us down through the years - Peterborough Today ] ]

In 1887, Sir Richard Winfrey purchased the Spalding Guardian, a local newspaper that provided the basis for the Winfrey family's newspaper interests. In 1947, the family's newspaper titles were consolidated to form the East Midland Allied Press, now the emap media group. [ [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/EMAP-plc-Company-History.html EMAP plc - Company History ] ] .

He first contested South West Norfolk at the general election of 1895 and tried again in 1900 ["Who was Who", OUP 2007] . Between 1906-1910 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Earl of Carrington and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture from 1916-1918.

Winfrey also served as a Justice of the Peace and was Chairman of the Lincolnshire and Norfolk Small Holdings Association, Ltd.

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