John Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell

[1] He was a Director of Barclays Bank and of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation and also served twice as Mayor of East Ham and twice of West Ham.

He held this seat until 1918, and then represented East Ham North between 1918 and 1922.

He was created a Baronet, of Romford in the County of Essex, in 1911 and in 1922 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bethell, of Romford in the County of Essex.

[1] Lord Bethell married Florence, daughter of James Woolley Wyles, in 1895.

They had three sons and three daughters: Lord Bethell died in a London nursing home, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his second son, John.