Ernest Jardine | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 April 1947 Nottingham | (aged 87–88)
Education | Tudor House School, Nottingham Lycée Impérial, Saint-Omer |
Occupation(s) | Industrialist, politician |
Political party |
Liberal Unionist (until 1912) Conservative (from 1912) |
Spouse | Ada Fletcher (d. 1925) |
Children | John |
Parent | John Jardine |
Sir Ernest Jardine, 1st Baronet (1859 – 26 April 1947) was a Nottingham, England, industrialist and businessman. He was a Liberal Unionist and later a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset from 1910 to 1918. [1]
Jardine took over father's lace machinery business, John Jardine. He had four factories in Nottingham and others in Draycott and Newark, [1] employing some 2,500-3,000 workers in 1907. [2] Another of his factories in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, provides the reason for his adoption as a parliamentary candidate in that county. His company exported lace-making machinery to the United States, France and Germany. [3]
In 1924, he became the owner of the Barlock Tyewriter Company, set up in Basford. [1] The company later became the Byron Typewriter Company and was taken over by the British Oliver Typewriter Company, under licence from the US Oliver Typewriter Company, in 1948. [4]
He was chairman of the Trent Navigation Company until his death. [5]
In 1907, Jardine was associated with the purchase of Glastonbury Abbey on behalf of the Ecclesiastical authorities. [6] The Abbey was offered for sale by auction amid considerable disquiet that it could be purchased by "an American plutocrat". Jardine's bid of £30,000 was successful. [7] Jardine announced that he had no intention of living there, but that he would sell the Abbey to the Church of England for what he had paid. [8]
In the January 1910 general election, Jardine contested the East Somerset constituency as a Liberal Unionist. He defeated the sitting MP, the Liberal John William Howard Thompson, by 4,997 votes to 3,970. [9]
At the following general election, in December 1910, he again defeated Thompson, by 4,748 votes to 3,875. [10] The Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties merged in 1912.
The constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election which Jardine did not contest. He was made a baronet in 1919 and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1928–9. [1]
Jardine was educated at Tudor House School in Nottingham and at the Lycée Impérial in Saint-Omer, France. He married Ada née Fletcher She died in 1925. They had one son, John, [1] and a daughter, Iris. [11]
Jardine died on 26 April 1947, aged 87. [1] His estate was valued at £502,340 gross (£480,076 net). [12]
Ernest Jardine | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 April 1947 Nottingham | (aged 87–88)
Education | Tudor House School, Nottingham Lycée Impérial, Saint-Omer |
Occupation(s) | Industrialist, politician |
Political party |
Liberal Unionist (until 1912) Conservative (from 1912) |
Spouse | Ada Fletcher (d. 1925) |
Children | John |
Parent | John Jardine |
Sir Ernest Jardine, 1st Baronet (1859 – 26 April 1947) was a Nottingham, England, industrialist and businessman. He was a Liberal Unionist and later a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset from 1910 to 1918. [1]
Jardine took over father's lace machinery business, John Jardine. He had four factories in Nottingham and others in Draycott and Newark, [1] employing some 2,500-3,000 workers in 1907. [2] Another of his factories in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, provides the reason for his adoption as a parliamentary candidate in that county. His company exported lace-making machinery to the United States, France and Germany. [3]
In 1924, he became the owner of the Barlock Tyewriter Company, set up in Basford. [1] The company later became the Byron Typewriter Company and was taken over by the British Oliver Typewriter Company, under licence from the US Oliver Typewriter Company, in 1948. [4]
He was chairman of the Trent Navigation Company until his death. [5]
In 1907, Jardine was associated with the purchase of Glastonbury Abbey on behalf of the Ecclesiastical authorities. [6] The Abbey was offered for sale by auction amid considerable disquiet that it could be purchased by "an American plutocrat". Jardine's bid of £30,000 was successful. [7] Jardine announced that he had no intention of living there, but that he would sell the Abbey to the Church of England for what he had paid. [8]
In the January 1910 general election, Jardine contested the East Somerset constituency as a Liberal Unionist. He defeated the sitting MP, the Liberal John William Howard Thompson, by 4,997 votes to 3,970. [9]
At the following general election, in December 1910, he again defeated Thompson, by 4,748 votes to 3,875. [10] The Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties merged in 1912.
The constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election which Jardine did not contest. He was made a baronet in 1919 and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1928–9. [1]
Jardine was educated at Tudor House School in Nottingham and at the Lycée Impérial in Saint-Omer, France. He married Ada née Fletcher She died in 1925. They had one son, John, [1] and a daughter, Iris. [11]
Jardine died on 26 April 1947, aged 87. [1] His estate was valued at £502,340 gross (£480,076 net). [12]