Robert Pearce (politician)

Sir Robert Pearce (15 January 1840 – 29 September 1922)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

Pearce was born in Ipswich in Suffolk to Joseph Pearce and his wife Frances Margaret née Hayward, and was educated at Ipswich Grammar School.

He qualified as a solicitor and became a partner in the firm of Pearce, Bradshaw and Capper, of Fore Street in London.

[4] He introduced the Daylight Saving Bill to the House of Commons on 12 February 1908.

[5] Pearce was defeated at the January 1910 election, losing by only 10 votes (out of over 10,000) to the Conservative candidate Arthur Heath.