Louis Tillett (politician)

Louis John Tillett (13 June 1865 in Sprowston, Norfolk – 24 November 1929 in Buxton, Norfolk) was a Liberal Party politician.[1][2]

Louis Tillett

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich at the 1904 by-election on 15 January 1904.[3] He was re-elected in 1906 and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1910 general election in January of that year.[1][4]

Personal life

Tillett's grandfather was Liberal politician Jacob Henry Tillett, MP for Norwich and Mayor of Norwich (1875-1876).[5] He married the daughter of Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery curator James Reeve, Ellen May in 1896; she died in 1905.[6] Before his election to parliament, Tillett worked as a solicitor in Norwich.[7]

After retirement from political life, Tillett was still involved with the local community and it was during the great floods of 1912, in Norwich, that he was attributed to helping a pregnant lady, risking his own life to get her to safety.[8][9]

Tillett died in Buxton, Norfolk, at the age of 64. He was described as "widely-loved" in the obituary within the local paper, with "the streets lined with hatless and reverent spectators".[5]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. The Popular guide to the House of Commons. 1906. p. 117. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. "No. 27637". The London Gazette. 19 January 1904. p. 407.
  4. "No. 27885". The London Gazette. 13 February 1906. p. 1044.
  5. "Death of Former MP For Norwich, A Much-loved Figure". Thetford and Watton Times. British Newspaper Archive. 30 November 1929. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. "James Reeve 1833-1926". Norfolk Museum Services. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. Black & White 9 January 1904
  8. Dereck, James (27 August 2012). "Photo gallery: Writer Derek James looks back on the storms and floods of 100 years ago". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  9. "The Great Flood - 1912". Norfolkcoast. 2006. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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