1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Knutsford Constituency – Biography of Bromley-Davenport

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Knutsford

CANDIDATE : Bromley-Davenport

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. W. H. Bromley – Davenport was elected in 1945. His family has been linked with the House of Commons since the reign of Queen Anne, and one ancestor, William Bromley, was Speaker. He served in the Grenadier Guards until 1937 and in 1939 raised and commanded the 5th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment. He was appointed a Conservative whip in 1948, and last year was made Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire.

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