Arthur Strauss
Arthur Isidor Strauss (28 April 1847 – 30 November 1920) was a British Liberal Unionist, and later Conservative Member of Parliament who later joined the Labour Party.
Family background
Parents
Arthur Strauss was born Issidor Arthur Strauss on 29 April 1847 in Mayence (Mainz), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was the son of Samuel Strauss (born 8 November 1811, Kriegsheim, Germany), a merchant, and Rosalia Drucker (b. 4 January 1820, Frankfurt, Germany).
Siblings
Strauss had two brothers: Heinrich Alphons Strauss (b. 21 December 1841, Mainz; d. 14 June 1906, London) and Sigmund Ferdinand Strauss (b. 16 November 1843, Mainz; d. 13 July 1882, Paris). Strauss lived together with his elder brother Heinrich, at 91 St George's Square, Pimlico, London, until his marriage.
Education
He was educated at a German university where he took first prizes in mathematics, Latin and Greek.
Naturalisation
In 1884, while living at 91 St. George's Square, London, he became a naturalised British citizen and modified his name to Arthur Isidor Strauss, making his middle name 'Isador' (with one 's').
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