Person Mond; Alfred Moritz (1868 - 1930); 1st Baron Melchett; industrialist, financier, and politician Mond Alfred Moritz industrialist, financier, and politician 1868 - 1930 British Male Farnworth, Lancashire, England 23 October 1868 18681023 His house in Lowndes Square, London, England 27/12/1930 19301227

35 Lowndes Square, London (1928)

Industrialist; Financier; Politician Education: Cheltenham College; St. John's College, Cambridge; Edinburgh University; Inner Temple. Career: Joined his father’s business Brunner Mond & Company as director, later managing director (1894); managing director of his father’s other company, the Mond Nickel Company; director of the International Nickel Corporation of Canada, the Westminster Bank and the Industrial Finance Investment Corporation; merged four companies to form Imperial Chemical Industries and became its first chairman (1926); Liberal Member of Parliament for Chester (1906-1910); for Swansea (1910-1918); for Swansea West (1918-1923); served as Firs Commissioner of Works in coalition government of David Lloyd George (1916-1921); Minster of Health (1921-1922); lost his seat in the general election (1923); returned to Parliament as a Liberal for Carmarthen via by-election (1924-1928); became a Conservative following disputes with Lloyd George (1926). Honours: Bt 1910; Baron 1928 Parents: Ludwig Mond (FRS 1891) and Frida daughter of Adolph Meyer Löwenthal, of Cologne, a cousin of his father . Siblings: Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (FRS 1938) Spouse: Violet Florence Mabel, daughter of James Henry Goetze, coffee merchant, of Mincing Lane, London (1894). Children: Henry Ludwig. Statute 12 21/06/1928 60 Francis Arthur Bather; Charles Tate Regan; Grafton Elliot Smith; Archibald Edward Garrod; Edgar Douglas Adrian; Albert Charles Seward; John Charles Grant Ledingham Ernest Rutherford; James Hopwood Jeans; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; Francis William Aston; Frederick Alexander Lindemann; Thomas Edward Stanton; Arthur Lapworth; James Walker Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1931 vol 131 pp ii-v, plate, signed by E F A International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 23 Oct 1868 - 27 Dec 1930 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 12/06/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1070 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes ed64f5be-cd44-41b2-8f6c-b4db86072a94