David Adams

David Adams (27 June 1871 – 16 August 1943) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne West from 1922 to 1923, and Consett from 1935 until his death in 1943.

Career He was educated at the School of Art and Science at Newcastle's Armstrong College. He took up a career as an engineer with the local shipping company of D. Adams and Company and the Anglo-Scottish Trading Company. He was elected to Newcastle City Council in 1902, and held the office of Sheriff from 1922 to 1923 and Lord Mayor from 1930 to 1931.

Elizabeth was originally from Blyth and was the only child of Captain John Patterson. Elizabeth's father started his seafaring career on the old Blyth windjammers before commanding steamships. He died suddenly on shipboard in the Black Sea and was buried in Odessa. The Patterson family were close associates of shipping magnate and Liberal politician Lord Runciman, with John Patterson serving as his first ever captain and his brother "Harry" Henry Patterson as Runciman's closest friend. Her uncle George Dobson Patterson was a government architect who designed some of the largest post offices in the United Kingdom.

Death He died at his home at Jesmond, Newcastle on 16 August 1943, aged 72.