On This Day

04 June 1939

Death of Sir Henry Norman, Liberal MP for Wolverhampton South 1900-10 and Blackburn 1910-23

Norman was initially a journalist by profession and earned a reputation for getting at the truth behind the Dreyfuss Affair. He wrote a number of books on politics, international affairs and a play. He was briefly a junior minister under Asquith and later made valuable contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy. His daughter Rosalind, Lady Burke was one of the most glamorous of women flyers in the heyday of aviation.