Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .
Index to Volume Seven - The People - Dock Family Trees - Railway and Dock Company Officials . . .
William, Cory, Heward, BELL - (1875-1961)
1923 : Bell, W.C.H. The Report on the Labour & Capital in Parliament of January states : 'This is a complete list of all Members of the House of Commons who are directors or in other ways connected with Capitalist industry or land.', and lists Mr W. C. H. Bell connected to the Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway Co., and having a Capital value of £1,031,215. [1115][491]
1918 - Bell, W.C.H. - Director of the Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway Co. and residing at Winford Manor, Somerset.
Lieut.-Colonel W. C. Heward Bell. D.S.O. - Coalition Candidate for the Devizes Division. [1116]
He was a British Army officer from Wiltshire who fought in both wars. He became a Conservative Party politician and sat in the House of Commons in the years from 1918 to 1923, and then became a local councillor.
