LORD WOLMER'S SEAT.
' IPQSSS ASSOCIATION.! [ Lcndon. 14th May. ) Viscount Wolmer, who has raised tho qnesr tion whether his succession to the Peerage as Earl of Solborno will render vacant his , seat in tbe Honso ofJPommons for tho West- [ crn Division of Edinburgh, withdrotv from s tbe House of Commons at the request of the , Speaker, pending the decision of the Honso , upon his claim to retun his seit. r Sir Vf. V. Harcourt maintained that it was ■ impossible to evade the disability attached > to snecossion to tho Peerage, and that Lord i Wolmer would be a Peer whether he claimed the title or not. Mr. Balfour concurred in this view, j (Received May 15, 11 a.m.) , London, 14th May. ; Messrs. Chamberlain and Cnrzon wishing ( to debate Viscount Wolmer's position, Sir , William Harcourt caused a scene in the ; House of Commons by angrily moving that a I wric be issued for West Edinburgh, the cont stituency represented by the Viscount, i Aftorivards he withdrew tho motion and . substituted a notice for the appointment of . a Committee to enquire if Visoount Wolmer : had succeeded to tho Earldom.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 114, 15 May 1895, Page 2
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185LORD WOLMER'S SEAT. Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 114, 15 May 1895, Page 2
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