1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Preston North Constituency – Biography of Amery

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Preston North

CANDIDATE : Amery

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Julian Amery, son of Mr. L. S. Amery, was born in 1919 and educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1941 he organized the first military mission to the Yugoslav Resistance movement, landing on the coast of Montenegro from a submarine. Later he was parachuted into Albania as a liaison officer with the guerrillas. After being wounded in action in 1944 he served on the staff of General Carton de Wiart, V.C., and as Mr. Churchill’s personal representative with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

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