1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oswestry Constituency – Biography of Ormsby-Gore
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Oswestry
CANDIDATE : Ormsby-Gore
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. D. Ormsby-Gore, son and heir of Lord Harlech, aged 31, was educated at Eton and Oxford. A few years ago his father announced that he had handed over to his heir ownership of all his lands. Mr. Ormsby-Gore farms 400 acres at his Woodhill Estate, Oswestry. In the war he served in the “Phantom” reconnaissance unit and worked with airborne and other special units.
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