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Sir Bracewell Smith (29 June 1884 - 12 January 1966) was a British businessman and politician. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...
1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, Smith made his fortune in property before turning to politics. He was a member of Holborn Borough Council from 1922, serving as Mayor 1931-32, and served on the London County Council 1925-28. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Dulwich between 1932 and 1945, and Lord Mayor of London in 1946. He was made a Baronet 28 June 1947. Keighley (pronounced Keith-Leigh or ) is a town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. ...
Yorkshire is the largest traditional county of Great Britain, covering some 6,000 sq. ...
// Use of the term In common usage, property means ones own thing and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being their own to dispense with as they see fit. ...
The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead to form the London Borough of Camden. ...
London County Council emblem is still seen today on buildings, especially housing, from that era London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 until 1965, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. ...
The Conservative Party is one of the two largest political parties in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
Dulwich is a former UK Parlimentary constituency in Greater London, which was redrawn by the Boundary Commission in 1997 and now forms part of Dulwich and West Norwood. ...
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A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ...
Smith was also chairman of Arsenal Football Club from 1949 until 1962, and his descendants still hold a significant shareholding in the club. Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith (born Nina Kakkar on 14 November 1960), his grandson's wife, was appointed to the Arsenal board as a non-executive director on 15 April 2005. Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. ...
November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
Preceded by: New creation | Baronet (of Keighley) 1947 – 1966 | Succeeded by: George Bracewell Smith | Preceded by: Samuel Hill-Wood | Arsenal chairman 1949–1962 | Succeeded by: Denis Hill-Wood | |