1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yeovil Constituency – Biography of Kingsmill

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Yeovil

CANDIDATE : Kingsmill

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. W. H. Kings-mill, who became M.P. for the division in 1945, is a member of a family whose records go back to the days of King John. Born in 1905 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he later became a director of a brewery firm and a member of the London Stock Exchange. He was with the Grenadier Guards at Dunkirk, and later fought with the ” Desert Rats ” in North Africa.

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