1950 GENERAL ELECTION : St Marylebone Constituency – Biography of Wakefield

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : St Marylebone

CANDIDATE : Wakefield

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir W. Wavell Wakefield became M.P. for this division in 1945, after having represented Swindon in Parliament since 1935. He was educated at Sedbergh and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is a company director and on the executive of the National Union of j Manufacturers. Now 51, he is a former captain of England, Cambridge University, Middlesex, the R.A.F., and the Harlequins, and is vice-president of the Rugby Football Union.

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