Philip Snowden (1864 - 1937)

Born 18 Jul 1864 in Cowling, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel (Annakin) Snowden — married 13 Mar 1905 in Otley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Died 15 May 1937 at age 72 in Tilford, Surrey, England

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Biography

Philip Snowden is Notable.

First Viscount Snowden - not to be confused with Lord Snowden.

Philip was born in 1864. Philip Snowden ... He passed away in 1937.

Labour MP for Blackburn from 1906 to 1918 Labour MP for Colne Vale from 1922 to 1931

Chancellor of the Exchequer 1924 and 1929-1931

In the 1931 Dissolution Honours he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw. Also in 1931 he was expelled from the Labour Party for his support of the National Government.

Sources

• UK birth registration: SNOWDEN, PHILIP mother’s maiden name NELSON GRO Reference: 1864 September Quarter in SKIPTON Volume 09A Page 36
• Death - "England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVHG-88BM : accessed 14 Nov 2014), Philip Snowden, 1937.
• 1871 Census - "England and Wales Census, 1871," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZG8-BQ5 : accessed 14 Nov 2014), Philip Snowden in household of John Snowden, Ickornshaw, Cowling, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk : DC Thomson, n.d.); PRO RG 10, folio , p. 14; Skipton registration district, Kildwick subdistrict, ED 4, household 66, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 848084.
• Wikipedia: Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-philip-snowden/index.html