1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harrow Central Constituency – Biography of Bishop

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harrow Central

CANDIDATE : Bishop

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. P. Bishop, aged 48, is general manager of the Newsprint Supply Company. He was called to the Bar in 1923. For many years he was on the staff of The Times and became assistant manager in 1937. He served in both world wars, and in the latter was second in command of the 5th City of London (Press Battalion) of the Home Guard. The author of several publications on advertising, he has been chairman of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association Advertisement Committee and chairman of the Advertisement Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce.

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