COMMONS’ SPEAKER
CAPT. FITZROY DIES. RUGBY, March 3. The Speaker of the House of Commons. Captain the Right Honourable E. A. Fitzroy, Member for Daventry, died this afternoon. He had been in poor health for several months, but had hoped to carry on through the war. He was Deputy Speaker from 1922 to 1928, when he was elected Speaker. It is a hundred and fifty years since a Speaker died whilst in office.
Capt. Fitzroy, son of Baron Southampton. was born in 1869, and educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He served in the Life Guards throughout the 1914-18 war and was twice wounded. ELECTION OF SUCCESSOR ■-(Recd. 11 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. The “Evening Standard” says Mr. Churchill presided at a hurriedly summoned Cabinet meeting to consider the difficulty over the death of the Sneaker, Captain Fitzroy. A special Bill will probably have to be ‘rushed through to meet the situation, which may otherwise result in an indefinite adjournment of Parliament. The Press Association says no act-ing-Speaker will be elected. A message from His Majesty to the next meeting of the House will ask members of the Commons to elect a Speaker. This will be done immediately without the necessity of Commoners being resworn.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 March 1943, Page 4
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