George William Kekewich

Sir George William Kekewich MP

Sir George William Kekewich KCB (1 April 1841 – 5 July 1921)^[1] was a British Civil Servant and Liberal Party politician.

Family and education

He was the son of Samuel Trehawke Kekewich by his second wife Louisa Buck, and the half-brother of the judge Sir Arthur Kekewich. He attended Eton and Balliol.

Civil service career

He was an Examiner in the Education Department, 1867–71, and a Senior Examiner, 1871–90. He was Secretary to the Education Department from 1890 to 1900. During this time he gave his support to Julie Schwabe, Claude Montefiore, William Mather and others who were establishing Froebelian education.^[2] He was Secretary also of the Science and Art Department from 1899 to 1900. He was knighted (KCB) in 1895. He was Secretary of the Board of Education from 1900 to 1903.^[3]

Political career

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1906 to January 1910.^[1][4][5]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
2. Evelyn Lawrence (16 May 2012). Friedrich Froebel and English Education (RLE Edu K). Routledge. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-1-136-49215-0.
3. Who's Who
4. The Popular guide to the House of Commons. 1906. p. 78. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
5. Vincent, John Russell (1984). The Crawford papers: the journals of David Lindsay, twenty-seventh Earl of Crawford and tenth Earl of Balcarres. Manchester University Press ND. p. 96. ISBN 9780719009488. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

External links

• Works by or about George William Kekewich at the Internet Archive
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir George Kekewich

Government offices
Preceded by Patrick Cumin	Secretary to the Committee of the Privy Council on Education 1890–1899	Succeeded by himself as Secretary to the Board of Education
Preceded by himself as Secretary to the Committee of the Privy Council on Education	Secretary to the Board of Education 1899–1902	Succeeded by Sir Robert Morant
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Edgar Vincent	Member of Parliament for Exeter 1906–Jan 1910	Succeeded by Henry Duke