Sir Ernest Varvill Hiley

Another post in our series of notable Hileys....

Ernest Varvill Hiley was born in Wharfe in North Yorkshire in 1868. He was a 1st cousin of Ernest Haviland Hiley who appeared in the last post.

Originally a solicitor, Ernest was the town clerk for Leicester and Birmingham. 

Sheffield Daily Telegraph 5th November 1908
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He was knighted in the New Year honours in 1918 for work as the Deputy Director of the National Service Department.

In 1922 he was elected as the Conservative M.P. for Birmingham Duddeston but stood down the following year. He later served on two Royal Commissions. Ernest died in 1949.

Sir Ernest Varvill Hiley
(Image and licence obtained from National Portrait Gallery)