John Randles

Sir John Scurrah Randles (25 December 1857 – 11 February 1945) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.

John Scurrah Randles was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1857 in Boston, Lincolnshire, the son of a Wesleyan minister, Rev.

He was educated at the Woodhouse Grove School in Lincolnshire and lived at Bristowe Hill, Keswick, Cumbria.

Defeated in the December 1910 election, he won Manchester North West in a 1912 by-election, and when the constituency was abolished, held Manchester Exchange until 1922, when he retired following the takeover by United Steel Companies of his Workington Iron and Steel Company.

Randles donated money to purchase land for the construction of Kingswood College in Kandy, Ceylon.

Sir John Randles English Politician
Jos. Ellis, Sir John Randles (2nd person from the left) G. Muir Ritchie, and Col. Sir Chas. Allen standing together outside.