Henry Lorimer

Henry Dubs Lorimer (1879 – 8 February 1933)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons to 1922 to 1924.

[2] He faced strong opposition at the 1923 election and a week before polling day The Times newspaper reported that his defeat "would not be a surprise",[3] but was re-elected[4] with a majority of 1,983 votes (5.8% of the total).

[5] He was appointed as a vice-chairman of the grand council of the Primrose League in May 1924,[6] and although he not stand again at the 1924 general election,[5][7] he helped unionist and Conservative candidates to prepare for the election, travelling the country to address conferences on behalf of the Primrose League.

[9] Lorimer was also a justice of the peace (JP),[10] and in 1928 he was chairman of the Mashaba Rhodesian Asbestos Company, Limited,[11] which owned asbestos mines in Mashaba, Southern Rhodesia.

[11] He died suddenly, at a nursing home in London on 8 February 1933, aged 54, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.