Hartington. In a tight contest White just managed to retain his seat, albeit by the narrow margin of 87 votes – just 0.4% of the total votes cast. White was intending to defend his seat again at the 1923 general election and he was duly nominated as a candidate but he died just before the election took place. Death White died of pneumonia on the morning of 4 December 1923, aged 60 years, having been taken ill after a meeting a few days before. His death meant that the election contest in West Derbyshire had to be postponed until 20 December 1923, all other polling having taken place on 6 December. The seat reverted to being the property of the Cavendish family when the Marquess of Hartington gained the seat at the expense of the new Liberal candidate W C Mallison. References External links 1863 births 1923 deaths UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire People from Tetbury Deaths from pneumonia in England Liberal Party (UK) councillors