David Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell

David John Kinsley Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell (21 December 1879 – 16 April 1962) was a British builder, contractor and Labour Party politician.

Quibell

Background and education

Quibell was the son of David John Quibell, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and was educated at the Messingham Church of England School in Lincolnshire. He worked as a builder and contractor.[1]

Political career

Quibell was elected Member of Parliament for Brigg in Lincolnshire at the 1929 general election. He lost his seat two years later, when Labour split over the decision of its leader, Ramsay MacDonald, to form a National Government, but was re-elected at the 1935 general election. He was a signatory to "Post-war Forest Policy" published by the Forestry Commission in 1943. He retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 general election,[1][2] when he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Quibell, of Scunthorpe in the County of Lincoln,[3] in recognition of his "political and public services".[4] In 1953 he was Mayor of Scunthorpe.[1]

Personal life

Lord Quibell was twice married. He married as his first wife Edith Jane, daughter of J. Foster, in 1900. After her death in March 1953 he married as his second wife Catherine, daughter of J. C. Rae, in 1954. He died in April 1962, aged 83, whereupon the barony became extinct.[1]

Legacy

Quibell's contribution to the Scunthorpe area is remembered for Quibell Park in East Scunthorpe, a venue for the Scunthorpe Family Weekend.[5] The park also contains a cycling stadium. the park was also the venue of the Scunthorpe speedway team from 1972 - 1979 before they moved to Ashby Ville which has since been demolished and turned into the lakeside retail park

Arms
Coat of arms of David Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell
Crest
In front of a pair of dividers pilewise Or a trowel erect Argent hafted Gules.
Escutcheon
Per fess Vert and Argent in chief two garbs Or and in base an arch throughout Gules masoned Sable.
Supporters
Dexter a grey horse Proper, sinister a bulldog Proper collared Gules suspended thereom a bell Or.
Motto
Per Ardua Ad Palmas [6]
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References
  1. thepeerage.com David John Kinsey Quibell, 1st and last Baron Quibell
  2. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bradford North to Brightside". Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  3. "No. 37177". The London Gazette. 13 July 1945. p. 3629.
  4. "No. 37116". The London Gazette. 5 June 1945. p. 2899.
  5. http://www.humberbusiness.com/scunthorpe/stars-Street-came-town/article-2975269-detail/article.html%5B%5D
  6. Burke's Peerage. 1959.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Berkeley Sheffield, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Brigg
1929–1931		 Succeeded by
Michael John Hunter
Preceded by
Michael John Hunter		 Member of Parliament for Brigg
1935–1945		 Succeeded by
Tom Williamson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Quibell
1945–1962		 extinct


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