Sir Louis Stanley Johnson (11 October 1869 – 30 November 1937) [1] was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician.
Johnson was the son of Edward Johnson, of Hackney. He was educated privately and admitted as a solicitor in 1899, becoming a partner in the firm of Downer and Johnson, based in 426 Salisbury House, London Wall. [2] (The partnership was dissolved in 1928, when Johnson formed a new partnership known as Stanley Johnson & Allen). [3]
Johnson was a member of Hackney Council. [4] He stood for Parliament, twice in 1910, in the Walthamstow division of Essex. At the January 1910 general election he lost to the Liberal MP Sir John Simon. When Simon faced a by-election in November 1910 after being appointed as Solicitor General, Johnson again failed to unseat him. [5]
Johnson did not contest the general election in December 1910, [5] but in 1914 he became Mayor of Hackney, a position he held until 1919. [2] He finally entered the House of Commons at the 1918 general election when he was elected as the first Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly created Walthamstow East [6] (a division of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. Johnson had stood as a Coalition Unionist, and with the assistance of the " coalition coupon", he won nearly twice as many votes as his old adversary, John Simon. He was re-elected in 1922 and in 1923, and stood down from Parliament at the 1924 general election. [6]
He was Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the London Regiment, [2] and was knighted in 1920. [7]
Johnson was found dead at his home in Coombe, Kingston upon Thames with a gunshot wound to his head on 30 November 1937; the verdict at his inquest recorded that he "had killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed". [8] [9]
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Sir Louis Stanley Johnson (11 October 1869 – 30 November 1937) [1] was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician.
Johnson was the son of Edward Johnson, of Hackney. He was educated privately and admitted as a solicitor in 1899, becoming a partner in the firm of Downer and Johnson, based in 426 Salisbury House, London Wall. [2] (The partnership was dissolved in 1928, when Johnson formed a new partnership known as Stanley Johnson & Allen). [3]
Johnson was a member of Hackney Council. [4] He stood for Parliament, twice in 1910, in the Walthamstow division of Essex. At the January 1910 general election he lost to the Liberal MP Sir John Simon. When Simon faced a by-election in November 1910 after being appointed as Solicitor General, Johnson again failed to unseat him. [5]
Johnson did not contest the general election in December 1910, [5] but in 1914 he became Mayor of Hackney, a position he held until 1919. [2] He finally entered the House of Commons at the 1918 general election when he was elected as the first Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly created Walthamstow East [6] (a division of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. Johnson had stood as a Coalition Unionist, and with the assistance of the " coalition coupon", he won nearly twice as many votes as his old adversary, John Simon. He was re-elected in 1922 and in 1923, and stood down from Parliament at the 1924 general election. [6]
He was Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the London Regiment, [2] and was knighted in 1920. [7]
Johnson was found dead at his home in Coombe, Kingston upon Thames with a gunshot wound to his head on 30 November 1937; the verdict at his inquest recorded that he "had killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed". [8] [9]
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