1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dover Constituency – Biography of Arbuthnot

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dover

CANDIDATE : Arbuthnot

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. S. Arbuthnot contested Dover in the 1945 election. Born in 1912 and educated at Eton and Cambridge, he is connected professionally with the tea industry. A Territorial officer in the Royal Artillery, he was seconded for special service in connexion with explosives in 1940, and was later awarded the M.B.E. (military division) for scientific work.

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