Remnant was the son of Frederick William Remnant of
Southwold,
Suffolk. He was educated at
Harrow School and at
Magdalen College, Oxford (1880–83), and was
called to the Bar at
Lincoln's Inn in 1886. From 1892 to 1901 he represented Holborn in the
London County Council as a
Moderate, and was chairman of the Theatres Committee of the council. He was elected unopposed to the
House of Commons at a
by-election in March 1900 as the
member of parliament (MP) for
Holborn, a seat he held until 1928. and following his retirement from the House of Commons, on 26 June 1928 he was raised to the peerage as
Baron Remnant, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk. Remnant married in 1892 Frances Emily Gosling, daughter of Robert Gosling. He died in January 1933, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son
Robert. Lady Remnant died in 1944. ==Notes==