1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Portsmouth South Constituency – Biography of Lucas

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Portsmouth South

CANDIDATE : Lucas

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Jocelyn Lucas has represented the division since 1939. Born in 1889, he was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. In the 1914-18 war he was wounded and taken prisoner, and was twice wounded in the second world war, in which he acted as liaison officer (welfare) with the Dominion forces. He was chairman of the Welcome Committee of the Overseas League from 1938 to 1949, founder and chairman of the Returned Prisoners of War Advice Committee, and founder and chairman of the Allies Welcome Committee.

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