Researching William Hirst
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9770 people with the Hirst surname? In that year Hirst was ranked number 420 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Hirst on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Hirst and the Hirst Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 10642 people with the Hirst surname in the UK? Hirst is now ranked number 542 for popularity in the UK. |
Hirst Family Tree Databases
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Hirst Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Hirst surname in the USA? Hirst is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called William Hirst
William Hirst
William Hirst (1873 – 5 May 1946) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1924 to 1931.
Hirst first stood for election to Parliament at the "coupon election" in 1918, when he was an unsuccessful Co-operative Party in Bradford South. He stood again in 1922 and 1923, as a Labour Co-operative candidate with the endorsement of the Labour Party, losing in both elections by a narrow margin of less than 3% of the votes.
He won the seat on his fourth attempt, at the 1924 general election, defeating the sitting Liberal MP Herbert Harvey Spencer. Hirst was re-elected in 1929 with an increased majority.
However, at the 1931 general election, the Labour Party had split over Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's decision to form a National government with the support of both the Conservative and Liberal parties, and Hirst was opposed in Bradford only by a Liberal candidate, the Conservatives having stepped aside. He lost his seat by a huge margin of 32.6% of the votes.
Hirts's seventh and final candidacy was at the 1935 general election, when he was defeated again, although he halved the Liberal majority to 16.8%.
Source: William Hirst, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hirst
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