British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bosworth Constituency – Biography of Cripps

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bosworth

CANDIDATE : Cripps

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. A. Cripps, a nephew of Sir Stafford Cripps, is 38, and a barrister at the common law Bar, specializing in agricultural law. He manages his own small estate two miles from Coalville. He was a company commander in the Leicestershire Territorials in the war, served in the Norway expedition and in North Africa and Italy, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.


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