British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Cirencester and Tewkesbury Constituency – Biography of Philipps

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Cirencester and Tewkesbury

CANDIDATE : Philipps

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Philipps is the eldest son of Baron Milford, and was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He is farming at Coles-bourne, near Cheltenham. He is chairman of the local branch of the National Union of Agricultural Workers, and a member of the National Farmers’ Union. He is a former member of the International Brigade and drove an ambulance in Spain during the civil war, during which he was wounded.


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