Eliot Crawshay-Williams
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Eliot Crawshay-Williams (September 4, 1879 – May 11, 1962), was a British author, officer, and Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) and parliamentary private secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George.
Crawshay-Williams was the son of a Welsh barrister and politician. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Field Artillery and at the 1906 general eelction stood he as a Liberal candidate in the Chorley constituency in Lancashire. He had been employed by Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office from 1906 to 1908. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as MP for Leicester, serving as parliamentary private secretary to Lloyd George. He resigned from Parliament in 1913
In later life, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction, political texts and to Welsh affairs. Eliot Crawshay-Williams wrote numerous novels, short stories, poetry, plays and film scripts. Some of his works include the screenplay Service for Ladies (1932), the play Fascination (1931) and the novel Night in the Hotel (1931). He also wrote Across Persia (1907) about his experiences on an eight-month trek across the deserts of Iran.
[edit] Bibliography
- Crawshay-Williams, Eliot. Across Persia.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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Member of Parliament for Leicester January 1910–1913 |
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