1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bolton West Constituency – Biography of Tillotson
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bolton West
CANDIDATE : Tillotson
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. L. Tillotson, aged 30, is the youngest son of Mr. F. L. Tillotson, chairman of Tillotsons Newspapers, Limited, Bolton. He was educated at Charterhouse and Oriel College, Oxford. Joining the Army in 1939 he served in France and took part in the Dunkirk evacuation. Later commissioned in the R.A.S.C., he served mostly with armoured aivjsions and was eventually on headquarters staff of 30th Corps. On demobilization he Joined the family firm.
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