British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Inverness Constituency – Biography of Douglas-Hamilton

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Inverness

CANDIDATE : Douglas-Hamilton

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, born in 1909, is a brother of the Duke of Hamilton. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1939 to 1945, latterly as wing commander, and won the D.F.C. In 1945 he was commandant of the A.T.C. in Scotland. He is chairman of the Outdoor Training Committee of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (Scotland) and mountaineer.


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