Word: joynson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...member, was defeated in its first reading by a majority of 67. In his election campaign, Premier Baldwin had promised to grant the franchise to women on equal terms with men.† This was cited in defense of the bill, but the Government, through the mouth of Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary, stated that it was not yet prepared to grant the reform. The Prime Minister's pledge was, however, confirmed...
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Sir William Joynson-Hicks...
...William Joynson-Hicks: "We shall reimpose the McKenna duties in order to give some fairness between our own people and the Belgian and German nations...
...William Joynson-Hicks, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, informed the House of Commons that bullion to the amount of ?3,817,232 had been salvaged from the steamship Laurentic, sunk by a German mine off the northwest coast of Ireland on Jan. 23, 1917. The Laurentic lies in 138 feet of water...