Sir Arthur Fell | |
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Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth | |
In office 1906–1922 | |
Preceded by | Sir John Colomb |
Succeeded by | Arthur Harbord |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 August 1850 Nelson, New Zealand |
Died | 29 December 1934 Wimbledon, London, England | (aged 84)
Parent | Alfred Fell (father) |
Relatives | Charles Fell (brother) George Fell (brother) Walter Fell (brother) Alfred Fell (nephew) William Richmond Fell (nephew) Anthony Fell (politician) (grandson) Henry Seymour (grandfather) |
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Sir Arthur Fell (7 August 1850 – 29 December 1934)[1] was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. After a notorious legal case in 1906 where a biased judge dismissed an election petition against him, Fell sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1922 for Great Yarmouth. He was noted as an opponent of free trade and as a persistent advocate of a Channel Tunnel.