18 DECEMBER 1926, Page 3

The country has lost by the death of Lord Emmott

a devoted public worker and a sound Free Trade economist and anti-Socialist. His writings and speeches on such questions as State trading were admirably clear and sensible. He was a highly regarded leader in the Lancashire cotton and velveteen trades and other business, and made his mark in the House of Commons, where he rose to be Chairman of Committees through exceptionally difficult times, and was by some expected to be Speaker. But he entered the Government and in 1914 the Cabinet, which he left when the Coalition was formed. His War work as chairman of the War Trade DepIrtment, in which he kept a close and well- informed control over all the sub-committees that regulated the export trade of the country, was quietly done with great success: He was an admirable and philanthropic leader of employers in Oldham, a strong Churchman, and in many other spheres he and Lady Emmott devoted themselves to the service of their country' and the Empire.