The HonourableEvelyn Hubbard (18 March 1852 – 24 August 1934) was a British businessman andConservative politician.
He was the fifth son ofJohn Gellibrand Hubbard (laterBaron Addington), a director and governor of theBank of England, andMember of Parliament for theCity of London.[1]
He was educated atRadley School and matriculated atChrist Church, Oxford in 1870, graduating B.A. in 1874, and M.A. in 1878.[2] He entered the family business of John Hubbard & Co., Russia Merchants in 1875.[1][3] He subsequently became the last governor of theRussia Company, a director of the Bank of England and a member of thelieutenancy commission for theCity of London.[1]
The family home wasAddington inBuckinghamshire and when a vacancy occurred for the parliamentary constituency ofNorth Buckinghamshire in 1889, he was chosen as the Conservative candidate.[4] He failed to hold the seat for the Conservatives, and was defeated by hisLiberal opponent,Edmund Hope Verney by 208 votes. Two years later there was another by-election in the constituency, and he again stood in the Conservative interest. He was again defeated, with the new Liberal MP increasing the majority to 381 votes.[5]
In the meantime, Hubbard had moved to London, and in March 1892 he was elected analderman onLondon County Council, as a member of the Conservative-backed Moderate Party.[6] He held the seat until 1898.[7]
In 1894 Hubbard was chosen to fightPlymouth at the nextgeneral election in 1895.[8] Later that year the Conservative MP forBrixton,George Osborne succeeded to his father's title asDuke of Leeds. Hubbard was the selected to contest the resulting by-election by the Brixton Conservative Association.[9] The by-election was held on 30 January 1896 and was elected asMP with a majority over hisRadical opponent of 2,362 votes.[10] He retired from theCommons in March 1900, on the advice of his doctors.[11]
He was a great supporter of theNational Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, helping the society to gain itsroyal charter, and serving as its honorary treasurer.[12]
He married Eveline Portal in 1881, and they had three sons. He died suddenly while on holiday atHarrogate,Yorkshire in August 1934, aged 82.[1]
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