Samuel Pattinson

His father ran the building company Messrs. Pattinson and Son alongside serving as chairman of Ruskington Urban District Council.

[9][10] The Pattinson family ran a successful builder's merchants in Sleaford, Lincolnshire,[11][page needed] of which Samuel was a director.

Pattinson tried again at Horncastle at the by-election of 1920 which was called when Weigall was appointed Governor of South Australia but he lost by 1,413 votes to the Coalition Conservative, Stafford Vere Hotchkin.

Pattinson said although he differed in political viewpoint from Bonar Law, he admired him greatly and believed he honestly wished to do his best for the country.

[17] By this time of course Bonar Law was prime minister having replaced David Lloyd George when his Liberal-Conservative coalition fell after the Carlton Club meeting of 19 October 1922.