Ernest Jardine
Born
Nottingham
Died25 April 1947(1947-04-25) (aged 87–88)
Nottingham
EducationTudor House School, Nottingham
Lycée Impérial, Saint-Omer
Occupation(s)Industrialist, politician
Political partyLiberal Unionist (until 1912)
Conservative (from 1912)
SpouseAda Fletcher (d. 1925)
ChildrenJohn
ParentJohn Jardine

Sir Ernest Jardine, 1st Baronet (1859 – 26 April 1947) was a Nottingham, England, industrialist and businessman. He was a Liberal Unionist and later a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Somerset from 1910 to 1918.[1]

Business interests

Jardine took over father's lace machinery business, John Jardine. He had four factories in Nottingham and others in Draycott and Newark,[1] employing some 2,500-3,000 workers in 1907.[2] Another of his factories in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, provides the reason for his adoption as a parliamentary candidate in that county. His company exported lace-making machinery to the United States, France and Germany.[3]

In 1924, he became the owner of the Barlock Tyewriter Company, set up in Basford.[1] The company later became the Byron Typewriter Company and was taken over by the British Oliver Typewriter Company, under licence from the US Oliver Typewriter Company, in 1948.[4]

He was chairman of the Trent Navigation Company until his death.[5]

Glastonbury Abbey

In 1907, Jardine was associated with the purchase of Glastonbury Abbey on behalf of the Ecclesiastical authorities.[6] The Abbey was offered for sale by auction amid considerable disquiet that it could be purchased by "an American plutocrat". Jardine's bid of £30,000 was successful.[7] Jardine announced that he had no intention of living there, but that he would sell the Abbey to the Church of England for what he had paid.[8]

Politics

In the January 1910 general election, Jardine contested the East Somerset constituency as a Liberal Unionist. He defeated the sitting MP, the Liberal John William Howard Thompson, by 4,997 votes to 3,970.[9]

At the following general election, in December 1910, he again defeated Thompson, by 4,748 votes to 3,875.[10] The Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties merged in 1912.

The constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election which Jardine did not contest. He was made a baronet in 1919 and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1928–9.[1]

Personal life

Jardine was educated at Tudor House School in Nottingham and at the Lycée Impérial in Saint-Omer, France. He married Ada née Fletcher She died in 1925. They had one son, John,[1] and a daughter, Iris.[11]

Jardine died on 26 April 1947, aged 87.[1] His estate was valued at £502,340 gross (£480,076 net).[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Death of Sir E. Jardine". Nottingham Evening Post. 26 April 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Mr. Ernest Jardine Purchaser of Glastonbury Abbey". Somerset and West of England Advertiser. 17 January 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    - "Death of Sir E. Jardine". Nottingham Evening Post. 7 June 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Who pays the duty?". Shoreditch Observer. 8 January 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Beeching, Wilfred A. (1974). Century of the Typewriter. St. Martin's Press. pp. 206–208.
  5. ↑ "Trent Navigation Co. Chairman". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 May 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Former M.P.". Wells Journal. 9 May 1947. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Glastonbury Abbey Sold". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 7 June 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Glastonbury Abbey". Tamworth Herald. 15 June 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "East Somerset Election: Magnificent Unionist Victory". Western Gazette. 21 January 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "East Somerset Election: Mr. Ernest Jardine Again Returned". Western Gazette. 16 December 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Captain's Tragic End". Wells Journal. 25 January 1918. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Sir Ernest Jardine's estate". Nottingham Evening Post. 11 October 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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