Frederick Kellaway

Who was Frederick Kellaway?

Frederick George Kellaway PC, often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Bedford from December 1910 to 1922.

Kellaway's father, William Hamley Kellaway, had a joinery and picture frame business in Bristol, where Frederick was born. He became a journalist and then edited a number of local newspapers in Lewisham, before being elected to Parliament in 1910.

Kellaway served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions 1916-1920; Secretary for Overseas Trade 1920-1921; and Postmaster General 1921-1922 in the Coalition Government 1916-1922. He was appointed to the Privy Council in the 1920 Birthday Honours.

Following his political career, Kellaway became Managing Director of Marconi. Kellaway is buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Tatsfield, Surrey