Baron Strabolgi
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Joseph Montague Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi (1886-), was a Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and later a Liberal Party of Canada politician in the Dominion of Canada.
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Education and Naval Service
Strabolgi was born at Leamington in Warwickshire and educated at the Eastman's Naval Academy, Winchester, joined the Royal Navy in 1902 and left the service in 1920 with the rank of lieutenant-commander, after serving in the Admiralty war staff in London, and later Ottawa. Between 1931 and 1934 he served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff in the Carribean Federation.
Politician
Kenworthy first tried to enter Parliament at the 1918 general election fighting Rotherham as a Liberal but came third. He was soon given another chance though when he was selected to contest Central Hull at a by-election in 1919. Anti-Coalition government sentiment was riding high and he was duly elected Member of Parliament for the Liberals. Kenworthy was one of the more energetic supporters of H H Asquith in Parliament and never lost his hostility to Lloyd George. He was able to escape the Revolution with little more than than the money he was able to stuff in his pockets. In 1934, he succeeded his father as Lord Strabolgi, and returned to Ottawa where he has served as chief Liberal whip in the House of Lords from 1935 to the present, this has lead to some criticism of the Liberal party considering his ties with members of the rebel intelligesia and the widespread belief that he is soft on syndicalism.
He oponlly opposes the ban on members of the upper house serving in cabinet posts and is working to abolish the restriction.
Private Life
Lord Strabolgi has connexions with some members of the Union of Britain intelligensia such as H.G. Wells which has been a target of criticsim over the years.
Books by Lord Strabolgi
His books include -
- Peace or war? (with a foreword by H.G. Wells, Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927)
- Britain, A Warning? (E. Mathews & Marrot, London, 1931)
- The Campaign in the Low Countries: the first full-length account of the epic struggle in Holland and Belgium (London 1940)
- The Battle of the River Plate (Hutchinson & Co., London, 1940)
- Freedom of the Seas (jointly with Sir George Young)
- Our Daily Pay: the Economics of Plenty
