The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895. This was 4 years after the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, had said that black men should not and would not be elected to Parliament.
He has a statue in Mumbai.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dadabhai Naoroji
Commemorated ati
Dadabhai Naoroji
Historic Site The first Asian elected to the House of Commons was Dadabhai N...
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James Clements
JP, elected to Brentford Council in 1895 and was the Chairman of the Council a number of times.
1 memorial
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Home Secretary 1830–1834. Prime Minister 1834 and 1835–1841. Born Melbourne House, Piccadilly, now the Albany. 1805 married Lady Caroline Ponsonby who in 1812 had a very public affair with Byron. ...
1 memorial
Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne
Political and women's rights activist. Conservative and Unionist Women’s Franchise Association. Born Marylebone as Beatrix Maud Gascoyne-Cecil. 1883 married the Liberal politician William Palmer, ...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, South Africa
1 memorial
The government of Tamilnadu
Tamilnadu is the state in the south-east part of India.
1 memorial