1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Devon North Constituency – Biography of Peto

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Devon North

CANDIDATE : Peto

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Brig. C. H. M. Peto comes of a family with many Parliamentary associations, his father, grandfather, and brother having been members. He entered Parliament for the old Barnstaple division in 1945. Educated at Harrow, he was commissioned as a Regular Army officer in 1918 and saw much service in the last war, becoming chief liaison officer to the allied contingents on Field-Marshal Montgomery’s staff. He has been chairman of the Conservative Party Disability Pensions Committee. In the last Parliament he introduced a Bill for the protection of animals from cruelty.

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