1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chesterfield Constituency – Biography of Hartington

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chesterfield

CANDIDATE : Hartington

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

The Marquess of Hartington, who contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1945, is the °nly surviving son of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Aged 30, he was educated at tton and Cambridge, and from 1940 to 1946 served in the Coldstream Guards and was promoted to a captaincy and awarded the M.C. l°r gallantry and distinguished service in the Italian campaign. He lives at Bakewell and is a member of the Bakewell rural district council.

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