Marriage
Attends the wedding of King Alexander of Yugoslavia as his "sponsor"
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1922 in Great Britain — Page 4
Explore 148 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1922.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1922
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Meeting Voting Cards Preserved
Voting cards from the Carlton Club division are preserved in the papers of Conservative politician J C C Davidson.
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Limehouse in Stepney
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Aberavon
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Colne Valley
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament, for Seaham at the 1922 general election
Miners' Agent Work
Works in miners' politics and local Labour organisation.
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering isotopes in many non-radioactive elements with the mass spectrograph and for formulating the whole-number rule.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the production of heat in muscles during and after activity.
Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Limehouse in Stepney
Parliamentary Private Secretary
Serves as Ramsay MacDonald's Parliamentary Private Secretary for the 1922 Parliament
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party, 2nd term. Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party
Paymaster General
Appointed Paymaster General
Peerage
Created Earl Balfour
Postmaster General
Appointed Postmaster General
President of Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade by Bonar Law
Reform of Irish Union
The Act of Union passed in 1800 is revoked after the Irish Free State is constituted
Shell Marketing Agreement Expires
The ten-year Shell marketing arrangement expires, allowing Anglo-Persian to expand its own international sales network.
Solicitor General
Appointed Solicitor General, 1st term
South Pole
Leads his 4th expedition to the South Pole but dies in South Georgia. Death of Ernest Henry Shackleton, coronary thrombosis
Speech
o other British PM is intelectually as highly regarded. Delivers the Gifford lectures on "Theism & Thought"
TGWU
Negotiates the merger of 14 unions into the TGWU
The Judge
West published The Judge, a novel exploring gender, family obligations and moral judgment.
The Perfect Fool
Composes, "The Perfect Fool". Composes, "Fugal Overture"
The Philosophy of Humanism
Publication of "The Philosophy of Humanism"
Transjordan Mandate
British policy established a distinct administration in Transjordan while retaining responsibility as mandatory power. The arrangement distinguished the emirate from the institutions governing Palestine west of the Jordan River.
Under Secretary
Appointed Permanent Under Secretary at the Home Office
Wireless Time Service Preparations
Greenwich staff developed the accurate timekeeping procedures that would support regularly broadcast radio time signals.
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