1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oldbury and Halesowen Constituency – Biography of Brown

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Oldbury and Halesowen

CANDIDATE : Brown

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. R. K. Brown, a barrister practising on the Midland Circuit, was born in Calcutta in 1909. He was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and gained distinction both in legal scholarships and athletics. He was British hurdles champion in 1934. During the war he served with the 53rd Infantry Division and at Field-Marshal Montgomery’s headquarters. President of the Birmingham Liberal organization, he contested Stourbridge in 1945.

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