He lost his parliamentary seat to the Labour Party at the 1929 election, but regained it two years later at the 1931 poll.[1] In May 1935, Nall and four other Conservative MPs asked that the National Government whip be withdrawn from them in protest against proposals to introduce Home Rule to India.[3]
In February 1935 Nall became one of the first people to predict that Sir Winston Churchill would become Prime Minister (even though at the time Churchill was in the political wilderness). Nall observed that ‘If there were a big political crisis … Churchill by virtue of his brains and personality would take the foremost place, and would in that event be accepted by the Tory Party.’[4]
Also in 1935 Nall became chairman of Joseph Nall and Company, and he subsequently held a number of directorships in companies in Northern England.[1] He remained MP for Hulme until the next election in 1945, which was delayed by the Second World War. Nall retired from parliament at this point.
In 1954 Sir Joseph Nall was created a baronet "of Hoveringham Hall in the County of Nottingham".[5] He died on 2 May 1958, aged 70, and his funeral took place five days later at Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire.[6]
References
^ abcObituary: Sir Joseph Nall, The Times, 5 May 1958
